Emergency Dept, Southampton General

The internal refurbishment scheme at Southampton’s maternity hospital was designed to provide extra cot spaces within the existing Neonatal department.

The new cot bays exist in a larger area allowing more space for the nursing staff when treating a single patient.

A new build 3-storey block adjacent to the main hospital providing a new HSDU department on the floor plus additional floor accommodation for a future fit-out.

Studio Four worked closely with the Solent Estates Team to re-relocate a specialist neuropsychiatric rehabilitation facility.

Studio Four Architects Ltd were instructed to provide tender and construction drawings to enable Kier to build the new Birth Centre

Following on and adjacent to the completed H and J theatres, the Trust required a dedicated pair of theatres for Paediatrics, along with the support facilities and its own 5 bed recovery.

There is also an adjacent area currently proposed for a future Paediatric Day Unit.

Although this project was initially part of the Oncology PFI, time pressures demanded that the Clinical Haematology Centre became a stand-alone project. Phase 1 consisted of 9 new Bone Marrow Transplant rooms where a whole floor was required to provide filtered air to each individual isolation room where patients may stay for up to six weeks.

The Day Surgery Unit was completed in October 2012 and provides space for 38 patients who are attending Hospital for a surgical procedure that will be carried out that day and result in the patient being able to go home the same day.

Studio Four designed a helipad capable of accommodating the largest helicopters used in civilian rescue.

The first Young Adult Cardiac unit in the country, to provide care for patients with congenital heart problems