Contract to build new CFH signed

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has signed the contract to build and deliver the new Chase Farm Hospital with Integrated Health Projects - a joint venture between Vinci Construction UK and Sir Robert McAlpine.

David Sloman, chief executive of the trust said: “We look forward to working with Integrated Health Projects to deliver a state of the art hospital that will enable the trust to deliver 21st century healthcare to the local population for many years to come.”

The new hospital will have world class facilities for elective (non-emergency) care, diagnostics, out-patients, an urgent care centre, planned elective surgery and post-operative care, women’s services, an older person’s assessment unit and rehabilitation facilities. 

Construction work will start in the next few weeks. Enabling works to prepare the site (including demolition of unused buildings and alterations to some of the internal roads) have been ongoing since last year. 

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Image: Chris Hamer, managing director of Vinci, David Sloman, chief executive, Caroline Clarke, chief finance officer and deputy chief executive and Anthony Aikenhead, chief executive of Sir Robert McAlpine

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About the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Free began as a pioneering organisation and continues to play a leading role in the care of patients. Our mission is to provide world class expertise and local care. In the 21st century, the Royal Free London continues to lead improvements in healthcare.

The Royal Free London attracts patients from across the country and beyond to its specialist services in liver and kidney transplantation, haemophilia, renal care, HIV, infectious diseases, plastic surgery, immunology, Parkinson's disease, vascular surgery, cardiology, amyloidosis and scleroderma and we are a member of the academic health science partnership UCLPartners.

In July 2014 Barnet Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital became part of the Royal Free London. Read 'A bigger trust, a better future'.