Offsite manufacturer, McAvoy, has been awarded a contract to deliver a two-storey modular building for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust.

This project is a critical part of the trust’s Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) rolling safety programme.

The trust has engaged McAvoy to design and deliver a central sterile services department (CSSD) facility using its SmartCare modular solution.

This 900sq m decontamination facility will support the hospital’s surgical and medical device sterilisation needs, allowing for the swift relocation of services from the current RAAC-affected building.

In addition to the CSSD facility, McAvoy will construct a 154sq m enclosed link corridor to ensure seamless movement between the new unit and main hospital.

McAvoy’s SmartCare modular solution allows for the rapid delivery of the CSSD, addressing the need to relocate services from the current building.

And the new facility is designed to meet the quality management system ISO 13485:2016 and the essential requirements of the Medical Devices Directive 2017, ensuring full compliance with NHS health building notes and other sector-specific regulations.

The project follows the successful delivery of a two-storey domestics, sewing, and FM office space for the hospital in 2023, also using McAvoy’s SmartCare modular solution.

Cahal Cunning, senior contracts manager at McAvoy, said: “Our continued partnership with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust demonstrates confidence in the quality of our modular buildings.

“Our innovative healthcare solutions are compliant with stringent healthcare standards and offer significant benefits in terms of speed, quality, and efficiency.

“By manufacturing offsite, we can ensure that the new CSSD is deployed quickly, with a turnaround of just one week for installation.

“This approach minimises disruption to the hospital’s operations, ensuring continued delivery of essential care services while addressing the RAAC risk effectively.”

Nichola Hunter, deputy director of estates and facilities at QEH, added: “The CSSD cleans, decontaminates, and sterilises medical equipment and instruments – a service essential to the QEH theatres department and the life-saving operations they perform every day.

“This relocation is an essential part of our RAAC safety programme to maintain services at The QEH.”

Project completion is expected by July 2025.