The two-storey CDC will play a role in improving access to health services and reducing waiting times across the region by providing more than 130,000 extra health checks each year. It will include an eight room endoscopy suite and offer X-rays, CT and MRI scans, blood tests and other health checks.
The new CDC will also be a key wellbeing hub for the community, offering a range of wellbeing services, and will include a purpose-built activity centre and a community library.
MTX recently completed new facilities at Lincoln and Skegness in Lincolnshire, Oldham in Manchester, the Wirral in Merseyside, and Milford in Surrey. All of these contracts employed modern methods of construction (MMC).
At Pitsea, engineered structural steel modules will be factory-manufactured offsite while groundworks are underway, and electrical and mechanical modules will be factory-tested before delivery for assembly to accelerate the build, reduce costs and improve quality.
MTX Managing director David Hartley said: “We are delighted to be partnering the Trust in creating this vital new facility for local communities. Our MMC build process ensures high quality outcomes and is underpinned by our own proven design and project management skills. Those combined elements bring projects into use sooner to benefit patients and staff, and ensure an earlier return on investment for the Trust.”
Michael Thorpe, Portfolio director at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust said: “Bringing all the services together makes it more convenient for the community to get everything they need in one place. With Pitsea being the largest of our four diagnostic centres, it means we’ll be able to see more patients. By helping patients receive essential tests more quickly and closer to home, our CDCs will transform access to diagnostics across the region.”
The project is a collaborative initiative between Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Essex County Council and Basildon Council.
The Pitsea CDC is being developed on the former site of The Place and Pitsea Library. During the construction period, community services have been temporarily relocated.