University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Outwoods Health Village Masterplan is an innovative concept bringing together a range of facilities including health, community and care facilities on one site in an open community setting. The village will enable exciting new integrated ways of working and pathways supporting the Trust priorities.
Client
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire
Value
£80,000,000
Gross internal floor area
13,754m2
THE PROJECT
The project will address a range of local needs in a joined-up collaborative whole system way across multiple service providers to be located on the site, with a view to delivering unprecedented outcomes, by promoting prevention and wellness, building up the community and developing resilience. It will fully integrate people of all ages and abilities into an open community setting, creating a self-supporting, sustainable neighbourhood connected to the wider community. This innovative project will reduce hospital admissions and support people in getting back to a normal life after hospital discharge. It will facilitate the desire for prevention, personalisation and empowerment. The scheme will support and facilitate patient choice and a holistic approach to care and support, allowing people to continue to live the lifestyle they choose in the same familiar locality thereby promoting the building up of communities.
DESIGN APPROACH
Arranged into four blocks the masterplan will provide an 85 Apartment Extra Care, 72 Bed Care Home, Community Hub, Primary Care Centre, Transitional Care Centre and a 100 place Nursery. The buildings vary in height between single and three storeys taking into account the level differences across the site to maximize the accommodation but keep the overall building heights to an absolute minimum.
WHAT WE DID
The buildings are designed to be domestic in appearance with familiar materials and subtle detailing. A complementary palette of materials was set out for the site allowing each building to have their identity but to work together to provide a cohesive village feel. The material palette was sensitive to the surrounding buildings and heritage assets on the site and in keeping with the strong tradition of brick making found in Burton upon Trent.
THE IMPACT
Managing director for Burton at the hospital trust, Duncan Bedford said:
Managing director for Burton at the hospital trust, Duncan Bedford said: "The Outwoods healthcare village will enhance the way health and social care work together to provide an integrated approach for the benefit of the people we care for.”
Director
Tom Gilbert-Rule
Associate
Aimie Griffiths
Architect
Elizabeth Gardner
Thoughtful and progressive healthcare architecture
