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The Building Solution

The building is one of the largest schemes to be built in East Leeds for a generation. It is eleven storeys in height and has a gross floor area in excess 67,000m2. The new wing will be the largest specialist cancer centre in the UK and probably in Europe.

In addition to the new wing, and as part of the deal signed with the private sector there is a 1,280 space multi–storey car park that has been constructed on an area immediately adjacent to the new building.

The new wing will provide the following accommodation and services:

all non surgical cancer services supported by dedicated outpatient facilities including day case beds and chairs for the administration of chemotherapy.
centralised adult clinical haematology – 40 bed HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) filtered ward
specialist surgical services:

oesophageal
gastric
pancreatic
thoracic
hepatic

laboratory facilities – haematological malignancy diagnostic service and histopathology
centralised (Trust wide) blood bank
imaging department including:

magnetic resonance imaging scanners
computerised tomography scanners
gamma cameras
accommodation for positron emission tomography/computerised tomography scanning
conventional x-ray
ultrasound equipment

a 9-bed young adults ward
a 6-bed palliative care ward
4 endoscopy suites
teaching and conference facilities
rehabilitation

Facilities at a Glance

Inpatient Beds	291
Daycase	36
Chairs	65
ICU / HDU	16
Theatres	4
Brachy therapy Theatres	2
Aseptics Suite
Radio pharmacy
Laboratories (Histopathology & HMDS)
Pharmacy
Blood Bank

Arranged over 12 floors the building has been constructed as four distinct zones:

Radiotherapy plinth – below ground level and comprising the 12 linear accelerator suites, 5 simulators, and supporting patient and staff accommodation. This zone is supported by dedicated building and engineering systems and equipment
Ambulatory zone – arranged over the ground floor and level 1 providing the main entrance to the building, outpatient suites, imaging and diagnostic facilities and the building’s café, dining and retail facilities
Inpatient zone – located in the distinctive copper clad ward blocks, the inpatient areas are housed within purpose built accommodation that has been designed with the needs of patients in mind. The facilities incorporate a blend of single rooms and multi bedded bays which have been designed to give patients control over lighting levels and temperature at each bed location.
High technology zone – forming the totality of the eastern block of the building this zone incorporates all elements of the building that require a heavily serviced environment in respect of specialist ventilation, heating and cooling and the like. This zone houses the diagnostic and imaging equipment, offices, laboratories, teaching, seminar and conference facilities.

Building layout

Externally the building is supported by a plaza area which serves as a public space incorporating drop off in certain areas (visitor car and ambulance) for the Main Entrance. A seperate public entrance has been provided on Beckett Street which is served by a bus stop. A third discreet entrance is provided adjacent to the main reception to allow patients who are on trolleys or in wheelchairs and who do not wish to use the main entrances to be dropped off at the new wing.

Immediately adjacent and linked to the plaza area is the multi storey car park which is arranged over eight floors and incorporates controlled car parking for patients, staff and visitors. The car park includes dedicated spaces for disabled users located at the same level as the main entrance to the new wing. Access and egress to the car park is barrier controlled and uses a pay on foot system. Staff authorised to use the car park will be able to have their security pass programmed to afford them access to the facility.