John Laing/Sodexho consortium will build two hospitals during 37-year contract

PFI specialist John Laing has reached financial close on a £361m hospitals scheme in Stoke-on-Trent, North Staffordshire.

The project includes the construction of two new hospitals and John Laing is working in a consortium with Sodexho, and the contract will run for 37 years.


John Laing chief executive Adrian Ewer
John Laing chief executive Adrian Ewer

Laing O’Rourke has been appointed to build the two hospitals. The first is an 11,000 sq m community hospital, which is due for completion in 2009 and will be known as Haywood Hospital. The second is a 90,000 sq m acute hospital to be known as University Hospital of North Staffordshire which is due for completion in 2014. RyderHKS is the architect.

John Laing has also recently reached financial close on a £300m project to develop a new acute hospital at Larbert, Falkirk for NHS Forth Valley.

The company has also been appointed preferred bidder on a £75m scheme known as the Ad>ance project which is a new mental health and learning disability development in Middlesbrough.

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