Construction of specialist orthopaedic hub starts to serve South West 

Construction work is underway at the Sulis Elective Orthopaedic Centre. The Centre is an addition to the private Sulis Hospital and is set to open in late 2024.

It will create the capacity for an extra 3,750 non-emergency orthopaedic NHS patients across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire as well as the wider South West region each year.

The hospital does not have an emergency department so elective surgery is ‘ringfenced’. It is at less risk of being cancelled because the hospital does not perform urgent, non-planned operations. Facilities at the Centre will include two new modular theatres, additional inpatient beds, and the conversion of two existing theatres to laminar flow theatres. 

Paul Doyle, Transformation Director of the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (BSW ICB), said organisations like Sulis Hospital are coming together to work in collaboration to provide the best care for patients, and that this building epitomises that.

Vinci Building and Integrated Health Projects (IHP) is delivering the project.

Simon Milner, Hospital Director at Sulis Hospital, said: “It’s wonderful to be at the breaking ground stage of this development, which has been eagerly awaited by all. At Sulis, we’re proud to reaffirm our commitment to increase capacity and help improve NHS patients’ access to high-quality year-round elective orthopaedic care. Patients from the three acute hospitals in Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire will benefit significantly from our joint work to create the Sulis Elective Orthopaedic Centre."