Plans Submitted for Hospital Development

Plans have been submitted for the construction of a new Women and Children's Unit at The Princess Royal Hospital in Telford. Work for the £28 million development will house the consultant-led maternity, paediatrics - including the children's cancer ward - and women's units.

Plans for the development have been submitted to Telford & Wrekin Council for approval following a series of consultations with patients and residents across the county. Part of the centre will be new build and part will involve refurbishing existing accommodation at the hospital. The new scheme will provide a flagship woman and children's unit for the trust which will transform the patient's experience and the delivery of these services.

There will be enhanced amenity spaces for patients, visitors and staff, including a range of external courtyards combining play space, private areas, landscape features and artwork. Interior design features will be incorporated to the children's outpatients department to make the spaces more friendly and less institutionalised, and there will be bespoke paediatric facilities.

On the first floor will be the gynaecology department, obstetrics operating theatres, neonatal wards and delivery suites. The new centre, if approved, would be built on what is currently a car park at the north west corner of the hospital site. A new 360-space car park will be added near to the unit to compensate for the loss of parking spaces.

Project ID: 12054783