With construction well underway on the new Dartmoor Building at Derriford Hospital, Rebecca Smith MP visited the site recently for a progress update.
The Dartmoor Building is located on the main Derriford site, opposite the multi-storey car park, and adjacent to Derriford Road.
The brand new state-of-the-art building will be home to a new Urgent Treatment Centre but will also see the relocation of key hospital services from the main hospital such as the Fracture Clinic, Main Outpatients and Pre-operative assessments.
The whole building is due for completion at the end of April 2025 with the Urgent Treatment Centre scheduled to open slightly earlier at the end of March 2025. This development is a significant step toward improving patient care and accessibility at the site.
When it is completed the Urgent Treatment Centre will be open seven days a week from 8am to 8pm, with X-Ray services available from 9am to 6pm every day.
RELATED PLYMOUTH HEALTH NEWS
It will treat patients with injuries that require urgent treatment but are not life threatening. This will include cuts, small burns, bites and stings, and sprains and fractures to upper and lower limbs. Minor head injuries, infected wounds and foreign bodies in eyes will also be treated at the Urgent Treatment Centre.
During her visit Rebecca Smith MP for South West Devon, toured the building, speaking to the construction team and hospital staff about progress. She reported back that the new building is being delivered at pace.
Rebecca added:
“Derriford’s new Emergency Care Unit which I fought hard to secure is a huge win for Plymouth and the surrounding area. However, the Dartmoor Building is equally important to increase capacity at the back end of Derriford.
“The investment provided by the last Conservative Government to fund this project will help relieve pressure on our Emergency Department, enabling emergency medicine specialists to focus on those patients who are seriously unwell.
“Despite all the dragging of their feet in Westminster, we are finally seeing progress being made locally. I will do all I can to drive investment into our local NHS and will monitor progress closely.”
