Design and build
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Caithness General Hospital refurbishment, and new Wick and Thurso Community Hubs.
National Design Assessment Process (NDAP)
The purpose of the Achieving Excellence in Design Evaluation Toolkit (AEDET) workshop was to support the stakeholders to work together to ensure they understood the facility/design proposals, understand the AEDET statements and facilitate a discussion to reach a wide consensus on the scores.
Caithness General Hospital refurbishment
Caithness General Hospital in Wick will be fully upgraded and refurbished to create a modern, fit-for-the-future facility in line with modern healthcare standards. Work will be undertaken throughout the hospital to reconfigure the existing layout, including a substantial upgrade and expansion of the Emergency Department, refurbishment of inpatient areas including an increase in the number of single en-suite bedrooms, an upgrade of building services, and wholescale improvements to accessibility and patient experience.
Balfour Beatty were appointed in March 2023; a joint appointment with the Lochaber project via the NHS Scotland Frameworks 3 process. Their team comprises of:
Wick and Thurso Community Hubs
The creation of two new Community Hub and Care Villages in Wick and Thurso are a key enabler to making services more sustainable by bringing together the 24/7 elements in each location. Integrated health and social care teams will also be co-located at the Hubs to promote collaboration and joint working.
The Thurso Hub will be located on the Dunbar Hospital site, and will accommodate GP beds, care beds (currently at Bayview), minor injuries unit, outpatient and therapy services, day care (currently at Bayview and Thor House), GP and primary care services, and the community integrated adult health and social care team.
The preferred site for the Wick Hub is land owned by Highland Council adjacent to Noss Primary School. It will accommodate GP beds (from Wick Town and County Hospital), care beds (from Pulteney House), community outpatient and therapy services, GP and primary care services and the community integrated adult health and social care team.
hub North Scotland Ltd appointed a design team for the two schemes in June 2023. They are:
A main contractor will be appointed in 2024.
Important: Further information
For queries about historic documents relating to service redesign that are not published here, please contact the District Manager for the relevant area.
Caithness health and social care redesign
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Caithness health and social care redesign
Latest news on service change in Caithness, the Caithness Local Care Model, the business case, and design and build i...
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Business case
NHS Highland was given the go-ahead to progress to the next stage in its plans to redesign services in Caithness by t...
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Design and build
Caithness General Hospital refurbishment, and new Wick and Thurso Community Hubs.
Service redesign
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NHS Highland funding and budgets
The Scottish Government budget announcement in December 2023 presents challenges across the public sector.
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Badenoch and Strathspey health and social care redesign
Service change in Badenoch and Strathspey.
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Lochaber health and social care redesign
Lochaber service change, including the project for replacing Belford Hospital.
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Maternity and neonatal service redesign
NHS Highland and NHS Grampian have joined forces to improve the provision of maternity care and better serve the need...
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Skye, Lochalsh and Wester Ross health and social care redesign
Skye, Lochalsh and Wester Ross service change.
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Sutherland health and social care redesign
Service change in Sutherland.
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Previous projects
Past service redesign projects.