Royal Hospital for Children and Young People

Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
NHS Lothian
Geography
Location Little France, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system NHS Scotland

The Royal Hospital for Children and Young People is a hospital under construction that will specialise in paediatric healthcare. The hospital will form part of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh campus at Little France, in Edinburgh and is scheduled to open in 2018. The hospital replaces the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Sciennes. The facility will provide care for children and young people from birth to around 16 years of age.

Background

The hospital was designed by HLM Architects,[1] with construction carried out by Brookfield Multiplex. Construction began in February 2015.[2]

In 2005, NHS Lothian decided to develop plans to move the Sick Kids from its present site to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France on the south-east edge of the city. A business case for the project was approved by the Scottish Government in January 2012, with the new facility expected to open in mid-2017.[3] In August 2016, it was announced the project would be delayed until spring 2018.[4] The delays were caused by adverse weather conditions and two of the projects builders entering administration.[5] The new building at Little France will also accommodate the department of clinical neurosciences who will move across from the Western General Hospital and the department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) who will move from the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.[6] The new hospital will have 233 beds.[7] It will be built under the Scottish Futures Trust.[8]

In May 2017, it was announced the new hospital would be called Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.[9] The facility will treat patients up to the age of 16.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "New Sick Kids takes step closer to reality". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Edinburgh's £150m new Sick Kids hospital delayed by six months". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Outline Business Case - Re-provision of RHSC and DCN at Little France" (PDF). NHS Lothian. January 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "New Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh delayed". bbc.co.uk/news. BBC News. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Delays hit £150m Sick Kids project". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. Edinburgh Evening News. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "New Edinburgh Sick Children's building gets go ahead". BBC News. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "RHSC + DCN - Little France". NHS Lothian. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "New Edinburgh children's hospital plans unveiled". The Scotsman. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "New Edinburgh's Sick Kids hospital changes 150-year-old name". scotsman.com. The Scotsman. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "A new name for Edinburgh's new Children's hospital". nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk. NHS Lothian. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
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