The £41.5m two-storey development will offer state-of-the-art facilities and include six new operating theatres a recovery area, a short-stay ward and a post-anaesthetic care unit.  It will enhance the hospital’s world-class services in robotic and non-robotic surgery and enable an additional 7,000 patients to receive surgery every year. 

The investment in new facilities will also help Royal Surrey respond to increasing demand for cancer surgery and bring down waiting lists for all elective (planned) surgical procedures.

MTX employs modern methods of construction (MMC) and Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) principles to deliver new facilities faster, safer, greener and more cost effectively than conventional building methods whilst achieving the highest quality. 

The fast-track processes enable ground works to take place on site while the precisely engineered structural steel units are factory manufactured offsite for delivery and installation.   The process reduces programme duration and enables earlier delivery of new facilities that are purpose-designed and fully compliant to more quicky benefit patients.

MTX Pre-Construction Director Mike Butler explained: “MTX has a proven track record in supporting NHS Trusts in the delivery of vitally needed new facilities.  Our expertise and resources support our Trust partners at every step of the journey from concept design through to completion and handover, to ensure each facility is fully compliant and a resource that will deliver a rapid return on investment for the Trust, and enhanced services for patients.”

Royal Surry NHS Foundation Trust Deputy Chief Executive Ross Dunworth said: “The new Cancer and Surgical Innovation Centre will be a huge step forward for Royal Surrey and transform the care we are able to provide to our patients.

“Many members of staff, patients, visitors and our charitable supporters are closely following the progress. There is a shared sense of excitement around this £40m plus development and we are very much looking forward to opening and using the new centre.”

The new Cancer and Surgical Innovation Centre will link to the main hospital and its existing operating theatres, and will replace Royal Surrey’s ageing Surgical Short Stay Unit.