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Demolition paves way for hospital's new staff block

Katy Prickett
Lumion/Zed Pods Ltd An artist's impression of the new accommodation block at Hinchingbrooke Hospital. It is a flat-roofed four-storey building with large black windows against white and orange walls. In front of it are shrubs with pink flowers. Lumion/Zed Pods Ltd
On-call teams and overseas staff in their first three months of employment will be among NHS workers placed in the block, says the hospital

Building work on a hospital's new staff accommodation block is due to begin after a former nursery was demolished.

The 85-bed block will provide rooms for medical, nursing and other students on placement at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon, as well as on-call teams.

The project is funded by the government's New Hospital Programme. The hospital is severely affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac).

Deborah Lee, senior responsible officer for the Hinchingbrooke redevelopment, said the demolition had been "a major milestone in our redevelopment journey".

NHS North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust An aerial shot of a building site. In the middle is a flattened area and on the left there is a yellow front loader. Two yellow excavators are levelling the site. At the top a car park with cars can just be seen. NHS North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
The new staff accommodation is being designed and installed by Zed Pods Ltd, which specialises in modular construction

"This will enable the demolition of our existing staff accommodation blocks at the back of our hospital site and create the space we need for our new hospital," she added.

The old nursery building was between two car parks at the front of the hospital site and had been used for storage.

Its demolition began in December and now it is complete. The four-storey accommodation block will be installed by spring 2027.

Hinchingbrooke was built in 1983 and is one of four hospitals in the East of England affected by structural issues relating to Raac, used in the construction of some walls and roofs.

In January 2025, it was included in the first wave of the government's New Hospitals Programme.

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