Plans for a new state-of-the-art fracture clinic and urgent treatment centre at Derriford Hospital have been submitted to Plymouth City Council.
The three-storey building is the first step in the development of what is known as the North West Quadrant at Derriford. It will contribute to improved care for patients who need urgent and emergency treatment.
The fracture clinic will cater for outpatients with acute fractures, musculoskeletal injuries and orthopaedic conditions and will include imaging and X-ray, treatment areas for adults and young people, waiting rooms, clinical support rooms and staff facilities.
The three-storey building will also include an urgent treatment centre, pharmacy, primary care facilities, healthy bones and orthopaedic outpatients department and offices and staff facilities.
The site of the new facility is located to the north west of the hospital campus on an area of gravel parking to the south to Rowan House, where the dermatology unit is located.
The plot of land is seen as a a key strategic development site fort the hospital and the wider local area.
The application has been made by Plymouth-based architects Stride Treglown on behalf of University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.
