In November, over 170 businesses, including 68% small and medium-sized enterprises, met in Plymouth to hear about plans for future healthcare infrastructure delivery of the Women and Children’s Hospital in Truro and Derriford Emergency Care Hospital in Plymouth, and the local skills and employment opportunities these projects will provide in the South-West of England.
Through presentations and networking, participants met with representatives from New Hospital Programme (NHP), University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Willmott Dixon, Cornwall Construction Skills Advisory Forum and Building Plymouth.
NHP has the potential to provide work to thousands of businesses, big and small, from across the UK over several years. Today’s event is part of our ongoing programme of engagement to ensure that firms across the UK get ready to bid for work and put themselves in the best position possible to be successful.
Speaking about the event, NHP’s Chief Programme Officer, Morag Stuart, said:
“These projects are at the forefront of transforming the country’s future hospital delivery. We want to build a collaborative supply chain that will deliver hospitals faster and at less cost – as well as an enduring capability to build hospitals far into the future. Connecting a wide variety of companies across the South-West and beyond is key to the programme’s success.”
You can view the slides presented at the event in the links below: