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BAM appointed to build Highgate mental health facility

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Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust has appointed BAM Construction to build a new £70m mental health facility.Work on the new building, opposite the Trust’s existing Highgate Mental Health Centre in north London, is due to begin on site later this year, following planning approval.The new facility, with five wards, a gym, activity spaces and a community café, will replace the mental health inpatient wards at St Pancras Hospital, which are no longer fit-for-purpose. It is expected to cost £70m.BAM was appointed following a competitive process under the Procure 22 framework.