Projects

Examples of some of our projects

Altnagelvin Hospitals Laboratory and Pharmacy Service Centre
A £18m Public Private Parnership (“PPP”) to design, build, finance and maintain a Laboratory and Pharmacy Service Centre for the Altnagelvin Hospitals Health & Social Services Trust.
Construction was completed in January 2007 three months ahead of schedule, and the facility is now in the operational phase. United Healthcare was the project sponsor, an equity provider as well as being the Bid and Consortium Project Managers. The consortium included Farrans Construction, Integral FM Services, Ash Corporate Finance, Kennedy FitzGerald Associates, Cundall Johnston, Mulholland & Doherty and Northcroft.

Castle Hill, Hull Oncology and Haematology Development
A £65m project to design, build, finance and maintain an Oncology and Haematology Development at the Hull Castle Hill Hospital site. This development is essential for the future provision of services for patients with cancer from a huge catchment area encompassing Scunthorpe and Grimsby in the south to Scarborough in the north.
United Healthcare were the Bid Managers for the successful Healthcare Solutions consortium, including ABN AMRO Bank, Shepherd Construction, Haden Young, OPERON, HLM, WYG, Hulley & Kirkwood and DL&E. Construction of the facility was completed on schedule, and the project is now in the operational phase.

Oxted Hospital
A PPP project to design, build and provide facilities management services in relation to a Rehabilitation and Therapy Centre for the NHS; as well as a new nursing home that is operated by Barchester Healthcare; and affordable housing units managed by L&Q Housing Association.
United Healthcare was a 50/50 partner with Cathedral Healthcare. We reached Financial Close on this project in 2003 and construction was completer and the facility became operational in 2005. Other team members include Barchester Healthcare, PRP Architects, Castleoak Construction and Meedhurst Project Management.
The investment in the project was sold to Primary Health Properties in December 2006.

Bromley Hospital
A £140m major new hospital re-development in Bromley. The new development is based at Farnborough in Kent and has over 500 beds and day case facilities. It provides a full range of acute general hospital services, bringing together hospital services previously provided from four local sites. The many outdated second world war buildings are being replaced with modern facilities, which will overcome many of the problems working from split sites.
United Healthcare were the Bid/Consortium Managers and Medical Equipping Advisers for the United Healthcare Consortium, with Taylor Woodrow as the main contractor. Other consortium members include Barclays Bank, CODA Architects, ISS Healthcare, Barratt Developments, Healthcare Environments, Waterman Partnership and Zisman Bowyer & Partners. Construction of the facility was completed on schedule, and the project is now in the operational phase.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Managed Equipment Service
A project to address Medical and Technical Equipment requirements for the hospital, with a capital value of £50m and a term of 15 years.
United Healthcare managed the bid for this major Managed Medical Equipment Service on behalf of the Toshiba Agilent Healthcare Group Consortium and implemented the Managed Equipment Service (“MES”) solution.

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
A £176m project to redevelop the Queen Alexandra and St Mary’s Hospitals in Portsmouth.
United Healthcare were the PFI Equipping Advisers to the Trust and have been involved with developing output specifications, evaluating bids, inputting to the design process, the equipment survey and finalising equipment scope and responsibilities.

Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust
United Healthcare were the Medical Equipping Advisers to Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust for their £87m Churchill Hospital PFI Development. The project includes a new Geratology Triptych & Therapy Centre, a new Oxford Cancer Centre and a new Breast Screening Unit.