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Contract Name: Newton Abbot Community Hospital, Devon
Contract Sum: £21 million
Contract Period: 85 weeks
Architect: Murphy Philipps Associates
Client: Ryhurst (Newton Abbot) Ltd

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Newton Abbot Community Hospital is a brand new, state of the art facility developed by Rydon under a PFI contract which was won in July 2006 by the health and social care PPP division of the group, Ryhurst.

Financial close on the contract was achieved in 2007 and the building was handed over to Devon Primary Care Trust in November 2008.

The 60 bed hospital consists of 32 single en-suite bedrooms together with seven four bedded bays in two wards at first floor level. The facilities include a rehabilitation unit, a minor injury and illness centre, a small maternity unit and a range of outpatient facilities. Built on a new site, it replaces the old hospital which consisted of a mix of Edwardian and Victorian structures no longer suitable to meet modern healthcare standards.

The Hospital is one of the UK's most energy efficient, and incorporates a range of environmental technologies, including a super efficient combined heat and power unit, high levels of insulation and the use of low energy lighting.

The building was winner of the 2007 Health Investor PFI Deal of the Year award which recognised the combined Trust and Rydon's Teams' ability to work positively together to achieve excellent standards, and also the 2009 Building Better Healthcare award for Best Community Care Design.

Under the terms of the PFI, the Hospital will now be maintained by Rydon over the 25 years of the contract.