Construction work completes on HCA Healthcare’s Harborne Hospital
Following completion of building work, a new independent hospital is set to open in the Midlands.
The Harborne Hospital will be operated by HCA Healthcare UK, which will deliver services to private patients, while University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust will manage two dedicated floors providing 72 inpatient beds for NHS patients.
Delivered by Prime Plc and contractor, VINCI Building, the 14,728sq m building is set to open early next year and has 50 inpatient beds and four theatres.
It will provide a depth and breadth of independent healthcare not currently available in the region, including in specialties such as cancer, cardiac, and orthopedics and across inpatient, outpatient, and diagnostic care.
Claire Smith, chief executive of The Harborne Hospital and vice president of HCA Healthcare UK NHS Joint Ventures, said: “It’s been a huge collaborative effort to get to this milestone moment and I want to thank everybody involved for their dedication to this innovative project.
“For HCA Healthcare UK work only continues now, and at pace, to ensure that come January this impressive building is an even more impressive hospital, equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities, with teams of skilled medical professionals and the leading consultants that will make The Harborne Hospital the destination for high-quality private care in the region.”
Leighton Chumbley, chief executive at Prime, added: “We’re thrilled to see the completion of The Harborne Hospital.
“This has involved considerable effort and investment, with most of the key partners being involved over the seven-year period from inception to completion.”