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Warrington and Halton hospitals win

17/04/2013

Gilling Dod and Kier Construction have won the strategic estate development, planning and delivery project for Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the Trust manages two major hospitals – Warrington Hospital and Halton General Hospital...

Service Users make their mark

25/03/2013

Staff and service users marked a special point in the construction of the new Learning Disability Assessment Treatment Unit at Highbury Hospital in February by taking part in a steel signing ceremony...

Building Excellence Award 2013

11/03/2013

The Surgical Unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital has won a ‘BUILDING EXCELLENCE’ award recognising the high level of commitment shown by Gilling Dod Architects and the contractor Laing O’Rourke, to meeting exacting building standards and the Building Regulations...

West Cumberland Hospital contract signed

03/01/2013

The final contract for the redevelopment of West Cumberland Hospital was signed on 27th December 2012. This means that the £90 million redevelopment can begin on site in earnest with an expected completion date of 2015...

New Urgent Care Centre gets underway

26/10/2012

East Lancashire Hospital's new Urgent Care Centre / Children's Minor Illness Unit gets underway. The Trust signalled the start of an exciting new development at Burnley General Hospital with an official sod cutting ceremony...

Andrew Arnold speaks at IHEEM 2012

22/10/2012

Andrew Arnold was delighted to be one of the specially invited speakers at this year’s Health Estates IHEEM Annual Conference at the Design in Mental Health Network Workshop, aimed at ...

Discovery House shortlisted for BBH Awards

10/10/2012

Following on from its success in April in the RICS awards, this unit has now been shortlisted in 3 award categories for this year’s BBH Awards for Best Interior Design, Best Project Team and Best Patient experience.

Project Arizona – Project Success

24/07/2012

Gilling Dod are delighted to have been appointed on two Projects for The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust the only integrated Neurosciences Trust in the UK providing diagnostic and treatment services.

NHS Shared Business Services Framework Success

03/07/2012

Gilling Dod Architects are delighted to have won a place on a framework for the provision of architectural services to NHS Shared Business Services.

RICS Award Success

25/04/2012

Discovery House, Lincolnshire had a good night at the 2012 RICS awards in Nottingham on 19th April and walked away with the judges highly commended award in the Design and Innovation category out of a final...

Official Launch of new £40M Surgical Unit

30/03/2012

On Monday 26th March Blackpool FC boss Ian Holloway officially launched the new £40M surgical Unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. At the launch, manager Ian Holloway swapped his tangerine tie for theatre greens as he toured the new unit and unveiled a commemorative plaque.

John Mawson retires from the Board

22/02/2012

As part of Gilling Dod's on-going business continuity planning John Mawson retired from the Board of Directors at the end of December 2011. John has been with the practice for over 30 years and has been a well known figure in many sectors including healthcare...

Centre for Women’s Health on-site

09/02/2012

The new £4Million purpose built centre for Women’s health is now underway and demolition has commenced. The new centre which is a joint venture between the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust brings the currently dispersed research...

We are recruiting...

29/11/2011

We are looking to recruit an experienced Architect and Architectural Technician with Revit experience to join our successful and established team to work on a range of exciting projects with particular focus in the healthcare sector...

New Surgical Unit opens at Blackpool Victoria Hospital

30/09/2011

The new surgical unit has now opened and is fully operational. The state of the art centre is phase six of Blackpool Victoria Hospitals site wide development plan and is designed to provide a centralised unit, bringing online 10 operating theatres with the latest modern...

Gilling Dod Architects Appointed to Design Modern Mental Health Unit

01/08/2011

Gilling Dod Architects has been selected to design a state of the art inpatient mental health unit in Blackpool for Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust...

New appointment for Gilling Dod Interiors

18/07/2011

Gilling Dod Interiors have been appointed to deliver a concept and detail Interior design package for Nelson House, a step down rehabilitation hospital in Gosport, Portsmouth...

Gilling Dod Charity Bike Ride 2011

08/07/2011

The Practice regularly enters teams for local Charity cycle rides and this year was no expectation and saw a team of 22 Gilling Dod’s staff turn out for the 50 miles Manchester to Chester bike ride in aid of the Christie Breast cancer Charity...

Funding approval for the McGuiness Unit

25/05/2011

The new £9 Million McGuiness Adolescent Mental Health Unit in Prestwich for The Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has recently received funding approval. The project has now progressed to RIBA stage D for design development and ...

West Cumberland Hospital back on course

10/05/2011

As a result of the Coalition Government’s review of expenditure last summer, the NWDA was disbanded and as a result some of the funding for the new West Cumberland Hospital was withdrawn, obliging the Trust and team to reconsider redesigning to fit the revised budget. This has led to some disruption in the overall design process, but we are back on course with a revised scheme, which is now being progressed.

St Georges Hospital Scheme Progressing

04/05/2011

St Georges Hospital Scheme Progressing The new £12 million rehabilitation Unit at St George’s Hospital in Lincoln is progressing well. The 45 bed male and female unit which is being procured via the NHS National Procure21 framework is due for completion in October 2011.

Official opening of new ASD Unit

12/04/2011

The official opening of the new autism spectrum disorder unit at Moorfields Primary School took place last month. The headmistress, staff, governors, pupils and everyone involved are delighted with the new facility which provides new class rooms, IT facilities, exhibition space, kaleidoscope/sensory integration room and administration offices.

Fifth commission from Private Healthcare Client

24/02/2011

We are delighted to have been appointed on our fifth project with one of our private healthcare clients who provide specialist services in education, mental health and learning disabilities.

Guild Lodge Submitted for BBH Award

27/10/2010

The new £8Million Low Secure Unit at Guild Lodge, Preston has been submitted for the BBH Award 2010 (building better healthcare) for the best Mental Health Design...

Parliamentary Approval

09/08/2010

Gilling Dod were delighted to hear that the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osbourne confirmed the contribution of £70 million capital funding for the redevelopment of West Cumberland Hospital in his Comprehensive Spending Review......