Forest of Dean Community Hospital

Project Overview

The new hospital, designed by ONE to achieve BREEAM Excellent, will efficiently alleviate pressure on acute hospitals and provide integrated care systems that will transform local health provision.

The new facility will consolidate the healthcare estate and replace two older buildings (Dilke Memorial Hospital and Lydney & District Hospital) with a new purpose-built community hospital which received planning consent in March 2022. It will modernise the infrastructure to allow the NHS to provide sustainable high-quality in-patient and outpatient services for many years to come with lower waiting times for patients, cost efficiency and better service delivery.

The design brings together a range of services: local urgent care/minor injury units and out of hours service, x-ray, radiology and ultrasound services, consulting and treatment rooms for outpatient clinics, a children’s clinic area, endoscopy suite, clinic space for dentistry and podiatry and a purpose-built therapy gym for rehabilitation.
As well as community areas within the hospital e.g. a group room and shop, the skate park (currently on the land) is being relocated nearby with other local improvements making the new hospital a central focus within the community.

The learning from COVID-19 was effectively incorporated and sustainability is central to the design supporting the NHS’ ambition of net zero carbon emissions through an Excellent BREEAM rating to help reduce energy consumption, carbon and ongoing costs. Measures include: a full electric design compliant with the latest HTM 03-01 ventilation requirements, Photovoltaic Panels, Air Source Heat Pumps and Electric Vehicle charging bays.