The on-demand healthcare facility, which boasts nine consultation and examination rooms, four modernised plaster bays, improved office spaces and staff rest areas, was designed, delivered and installed by healthcare estates specialist Darwin Group.

Charlotte Dillaway, chief operating officer for James Paget University Hospital, said: ‘The completion of the new centre means that, for the first time, the James Paget has brand new orthopaedic facilities, including a hi-tech operating theatre building and a modern ward with en-suite single rooms, which are all located next to each other, for the benefit of our patients.'

The trust decided to move its existing orthopaedic services to the new facility in order to create space for a same-day emergency care (SDEC) unit to bolster its urgent and emergency care offering.

Nick Dawe, managing director for Darwin Group, said: ‘We are extremely honoured to have supported the trust in ensuring patients receive the highest quality care by co-locating its orthopaedic facilities. In doing so, we have provided a solution allowing the current space inside the hospital to be refurbished into an SDEC unit.

‘The trust's approach of seamlessly integrating both permanent and on-demand solutions from Darwin Group demonstrates healthcare estate flexibility and a commitment to future resilience. On-demand healthcare facilities are solutions fit for modern medicine, provide relief to changing needs, and support future adaptability as requirements evolve.'