A new three storey day treatment unit is being built at Stamford and Rutland hospital
It should be completed early in the new year
A new three-storey day treatment unit is being constructed at Stamford & Rutland Hospital after plans were approved by South Kesteven District Council, and it is hoped that procedures can begin there from next year.
The plans were submitted by North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust in February this year, and include rest rooms for staff, supply rooms, offices and various procedure rooms for day treatments.
It received no objections from consultees and was strongly supported by the local parish council, which stressed the need for continued development to enhance the existing Stamford & Rutland Hospital.
The building will replace an old nurses’ area and meeting room that was demolished at the site in 2022, adjacent to the grade II listed Stamford and Rutland General Infirmary, built in the 19th century.
In the meantime it will also replace the existing Dronfield Suite and Greenwood Day Treatment Unit, in which reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) was found last year.
It would be three storeys high and provide clinical accommodation for the hospital, as well as an associated plant room for equipment at second floor level.
Construction work already began on the building back in April, and the NHS trust says this will enhance services for patients in Lincolnshire once it is ready to open at some point in 2025.
The plans have been deemed appropriate to and in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework by South Kesteven District Council’s planning officers, and were granted approval.
In the officer report it was concluded that the public benefits of the “continued and improved operation of the Stamford Hospital site” outweighed the “less than substantial harm to heritage assets” at the wider site.