Our new facility will be a genuine healthcare innovation for the people of Scarborough and surrounding areas and will completely transform the environment for our patients and staff.

One of the most exciting aspects of the new Centre is the opportunity it gives us to build in better ways of providing healthcare that are flexible in design and will adapt to patients’ needs in the future.

By increasing our clinical space, our new building will facilitate the introduction of a new model of care for urgent and emergency care patients on the ground floor. This will also reduce the time people have to wait in the department and improve patient safety.

A new 26-bed critical care and high-dependency medical unit will be created on the floor above.

Future technologies will be part of the fabric of the building, from the fixtures and fittings to the most advanced technology for diagnosis and treatment, including new X-ray, ultrasound, and CT rooms.

There’s a wealth of evidence to show that our surroundings affect the way we feel. The interior design of the new hospital building will have a nature theme, using colour, space, and natural lighting to improve and enhance the patient experience.

Sustainability

Sustainability was at the forefront of the design of Scarborough Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, with the carbon impact of the building minimised by the innovative use of industry-leading digital monitoring and measurement systems, and the selection of materials.

Collaboration between the designers and Trust puts sustainable practice at the heart of everything. The designers have created a long-life building adaptable to the changing nature of healthcare.

Did you know that:

  • there will be 314 photovoltaic modules on the roof, which can generate as much as 128 kilowatts of free, renewable energy?
  • thirty-one young trees growing where the UECC now stands were carefully dug out and replanted in woods and on farmland elsewhere in Yorkshire?
  • wooden boxes to protect local hedgehogs were made on-site from waste materials such as timber off-cuts, and placed on the open grassland area near the UECC?
  • A total of 627 tonnes of construction waste were diverted from landfill, by reusing, repurposing and recycling materials?
  • Outside terraces will be greened with wildlife-friendly plants to attract as many insects and birds as possible?