Morgan Sindall has been appointed to develop an advanced diagnostics centre in Liverpool.

Rutherford Diagnostics announced that the new centre will be situated in Knowledge Quarter Liverpool (KQ Liverpool) within Liverpool City Council’s £1bn Paddington Village development.

The five-storey building will be opposite the Royal College of Physicians' new Northern headquarters, 'The Spine', and will be directly adjacent to the Rutherford Cancer Centre North West, which will be one of a network of Rutherford centres offering high energy proton beam therapy to cancer patients.


Mike Moran, chief executive of Proton Partners International, said: "We are delighted to bring medical innovation to Liverpool and the North West, with the provision of proton beam therapy treatment which will greatly benefit many cancer patients. I am equally as proud to announce that Liverpool – my home city – will be the site of the Rutherford Diagnostics headquarters.

"This centre aspires to be a leader in the prediction, prevention and earliest possible detection of disease, as well as being equipped to conduct the most complex of diagnostic tests across a wide range of conditions. The centre will be in a position to furnish health care providers with the most advanced diagnostic data."

Mr Moran made the announcement at the MIPIM UK conference in London.