Construction gets underway on Salford Royal’s £68 million development

Salford Royal’s ambition to improve care for some of the sickest patients in Greater Manchester took a step closer with the start of building work at Salford Royal’s new £68 million hospital.Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Chief Executive Raj Jain and BAM Construction Manager Rob Baileywere joined by Dr Sheila Tose, Consultant Neuroanaesthetist, on the construction site to formally launch the building programme.The facility, which will be called the James Potter Building, will support Salford Royal – part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group – in its role as the major trauma centre for Greater Manchester and the hub site for emergency General Surgery for the North West of Greater Manchester.Salford Royal has appointed BAM to lead the construction of the new hospital – the scheme is also part of the Government’s Health Infrastructure Plan, the biggest hospital building programme in a generation which will deliver 48 hospitals across the country by 2030. The James Potter Building will welcome its first patients in the summer of 2023.The facility is set to receive 90% of all major trauma patients in Greater Manchester, for example, people who have been involved in a serious road traffic accident or life-changing fall. It will also be the hub site for high risk emergency general surgery across Bolton, Salford and Wigan. This means that any high risk patients from these areas who require surgical or non-surgical intervention will be brought to Salford for their care.