Kier has been appointed by the University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust to deliver a programme of healthcare works valued at over £100m.

Procured under the P21+ framework, the contract will run for between three and five years and will involve a wide range of work, including refurbishment, extension and new build projects, ranging in value from £1m to £20m.

Kier's partnership with the Trust, working on projects at both City General Hospital in Stoke and Stafford Hospital, will support the integration of an extensive range of health and care services from across Staffordshire on these two sites.

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More specifically, initial projects will include building a new critical care unit, operating theatres and imaging facilities, as well as refurbishing existing inpatient wards and constructing new ones in order to increase the number of available beds.

Kier is looking to boost the local economy during its partnership with University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, so it is seeking to select 70% of the labour, subcontractors and materials suppliers from the surrounding area.

In addition, over 100 building trade apprenticeships will be supported over the lifetime of the programme and more than 60 training opportunities will be offered to local schools, colleges and universities.

The contractor has also just completed a £20m Women & Children Unit for North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in addition to multiple refurbishment projects; and its most recent P21+ project in the north-west was the Burnley Integrated Urgent Care Centre, for which it received 100% customer satisfaction scores.

(CD/MH)