Project Description

6.3.1 The proposed scheme aims to achieve the integration of services, improve the effectiveness of clinical services, and provide a flexible, responsive and efficient facility to meet local, regional and national imperatives.

6.3.2 Drawings and plans of the proposed design are available from the Project Team on request. The following is a brief description of the proposals submitted by Robertson Healthcare.

Figure C6/2: Computer Generated Photo Montage Aerial View of PFI Solution.

6.3.3 The development as proposed will comprise four buildings in a campus arrangement; Health Centre; Community Mental Health Resource Centre; Inpatient and Day Therapy Unit and Facilities Management Building. These buildings are all to be located on the ‘Sauchie Hospital’ site with the Alloa Mill site being used only for parking. (This is a key departure from the CPAM design which envisaged the Health Centre building being located on the Mill site).

6.3.4 The site plan is indicated below: Figure C6/3: Site Plan.

6.3.5 The following is a description of the individual facilities comprising the development:

o Health Centre

Figure C6/4: Health Centre – lower site.

The Health Centre has been designed as a three-storey courtyard building comprised of four modular quadrants arranged around a central courtyard with a triple height atrium space occupying its North West quadrant. The two upper floors each have one of the quadrants omitted in order to create a stepped built form which responds well to the site topography.

The patient access areas occupy the lower ground and upper ground floor with staff offices and support facilities on the top floor. Patients and staff will enter the building at lower ground level from the main car park with 225 car spaces accessible from Hallpark Road, or from the upper ground floor level if approaching from Parkhead Road where parking is limited to 25 car spaces as advised by Clackmannanshire Council

Planning Authority. Disabled Parking and dedicated key staff parking is available adjacent to both entrances.

Figure C6/5: Health Centre – upper site.

The facility includes a pharmacy situated to the North-West quadrant of the Health Centre, diagonally opposite the main entrance. The pharmacy public areas comprising a retail area, waiting space, patient counseling room and dispensary are all accessible from the central atrium space. The upper floors of the Health Centre accommodate the Community Services treatment, consulting and therapy rooms. The top floor has offices for NHS Forth Valley and Clackmannanshire Council Social Services staff.

o Community Mental Health Resource Centre

This building has been given a discrete location within the campus plan closest to the site entrance from Parkhead Road. This is considered to be beneficial to some of the patients attending either the Adult Psychiatric Day Hospital or Adult Psychiatric Outpatients who may experience difficulties in negotiating the busy public main entrance area. The unit will also enjoy a dedicated external entrance, which is linked to the other buildings on the site by a covered pedestrian walkway.

Figure C6/6: Mental Health Resource Centre.

o Inpatient and Day Therapy Unit

The Inpatient Accommodation/Day Therapy Unit will provide a domestic scale environment for patient groups, with the current design arrangement accommodating the Frail Older People and Old Age Psychiatry patient groups in two single storey wings

placed symmetrically around a two storey ‘cruciform’ element. The inpatient accommodation has been configured in small-scale units of between 6 and 11 beds to give a non-institutional feel. The Frail Older Patients facility has level access to both an outdoor terrace and day garden with the Old Age Psychiatry group benefiting from a similarly accessible terrace and sensory garden.

Figure C6/7: Inpatient Wards and Day Hospital.

Shared in-patient accommodation, comprising mainly treatment and rehabilitation spaces, will be located at the centre of the building on the ground floor flanked by the social or day spaces belonging to the two principal patient groups of Frail Older People and Old Age Psychiatric. The multi-disciplinary workstation will be located at the heart of the shared accommodation where it can be readily accessed from both in patient wards and will provide the focal point for patient admissions.

The Elderly Day Therapy Unit occupies the upper floor. External access to this unit will be via Parkhead Road to the central external landscaped courtyard which provides appropriate covered setting down and parking facilities for patients using patient transport services, disabled drivers and those being dropped of by taxi or patient escort. These facilities are linked to the other buildings by a covered pedestrian walkway, which provides level, barrier-free access.

Once inside the building patients will make use of one of two lifts directly inside the front entrance, avoiding the need to pass through any of the inpatient facilities. The location of the Day Hospital at first floor level enables patients to enjoy good views and through the design of a garden area at first floor retain the benefits of access to quality outdoor spaces. Staff changing and showering facilities will be provided on the upper floor of this building along with the multi-faith room, hair dressing and complimentary therapies room.

o Facilities Management Building

The design solution has opted to provide a separate single storey Facilities Management (FM) building, providing an effective base for operational staff. A bespoke building and service yard will be located adjacent to the existing Lodge Building providing FM offices space, laundry and waste accommodation. The building also houses the main electrical incoming supply, the standby generator, main utilities meter and main LV