Great Western Hospital

Our lasting relationship with GWH and the NHS Trust.

Location Wiltshire
Client Great Western Hospital NHS Trust

Introduction

AWW has solid-track record of working with Great Western Hospital, Swindon in a developed relationship extending seventeen years and over fifteen projects at all scales. Through our close engagement with the Client, FM and Clinical bodies our knowledge of the Estate and its history continues to help various departments update to reflect changing Clinical guidance, Clinical Need or other practical capacity pressures.

Case Studies

  • Emergency Department and Paediatrics Department - Reconfiguration and Refurbishment of the Linked Departments
  • Endoscopy Unit Refurbishment - Layout Alterations and Refurbishment of the Existing Unit
  • Liden, Dorcan Ward Study - Feasibility Study
  • Car Park Works, Phase 1 + 2 - Alterations to Layout and Extension
  • Emergency Department Bays / Observation Ward / Expansion - Study, Proposal and Feasibility Study

The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been successfully working with AWW since late 2009. AWW has consistently met and often exceeded our expectations. Since their first appointment, our working relationships have continued to prosper giving us no hesitation in choosing to use them on other schemes on the site."

Rupert Turk, PM, Estates & Facilities Management, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Cardiac Catheterisation Lab

The new Cardiac facility provides two state of the art Catheter Labs with a 10-bed recovery suite and ancillary and accommodation. The centre is adjacent to the Cardiac Unit and the Coronary Care Unit, serving both inpatients and outpatients.

Operational continuity was identified as the core issue and design options were required to consider phasing and potential down time. The key challenge was the live hospital environment and AWW as Contact Administrator worked closely with the Trust and contractor to successfully deliver the project.

Efficient design and phasing were key to meeting the challenge of working in and around the live hospital environment.

Birthing Centre

AWW was commissioned to convert an existing ward space on the second floor to create Great Western Hospital’s new state of the art birthing suite, The White Horse Birth Centre, enabling women with low-risk pregnancies to give birth in a more relaxing, homely environment while still having professional support at hand.

The centre provides four new ‘home-from-home’ birthing rooms equipped to support natural labour, with pools, slings and specialist couches, individual midwifery care and massage services. The unit has been designed with a separate identity from the maternity ward while meeting current HBN/HTM guidance. The Unit also has a family room with kitchen and dining room facilities, a quiet room and a post-natal recovery area.

MRI Department Refurbishment

A comprehensive refurbishment and alterations to the Diagnostic Imaging department, relocating three suites and replacing two fluoroscopy units, creating a total of four new scanners for MRI, CT and an Interventional Diagnostic Imaging Suite.

Works were phased to maintain operations and schedule coordination between various equipment suppliers, each completing turnkey works for suite refurbishment. AWW undertook detailed briefing and investigation sessions to plan physical routes for the new scanner bridges, and rearrangement of mechanical services and power for the new high-definition scanners.

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