Pat Binns, Premier of Prince Edward Island, today announced that government has approved the first part of Phase One of the QEH redevelopment process. The redevelopment process for the Emergency Department, Supply, Processing and Distribution (SPD), Materials Management and Laundry will move from planning to engineering and architectural design.
Premier Binns said, “With this approval, government will be proceeding to the selection of a lead consultant for the engineering and design of the first part of Phase One with work on this stage anticipated to begin in June of this year. Construction is anticipated to begin in the summer of 2008 and the expected completion of the first part of Phase One is in late 2010.”
Phase One of the overall QEH redevelopment project focuses on work in seven areas of the hospital including the Emergency Department, Laundry, Materials Management, Supply, Processing and Distribution, a new Ambulatory Care Centre, and updates to the main entrance and lobby, and the Day Surgery/Pre Surgery Clinic. Today’s announcement marks considerable progress in redeveloping the Emergency Department, SPD, Materials Management and Laundry Services within the facility.
The estimated capital cost of the Emergency and Support Services stage of the project is $24.19 million. The overall anticipated cost of Phase One redevelopment is $52.23 million.
Work continues on the overall functional program for Phase One and includes planning for the space required for redevelopment, the size of rooms, general staffing and equipment requirements for all seven areas of focus.
The functional program work commenced on August 30, 2006, with approval from the provincial Treasury Board to hire the Resource Planning Group (RPG) to lead the functional program process. Seven hospital staff teams were established to review in detail the needs for the future of the areas included in Phase One.
Minister Gillan said, “I wish to acknowledge the dedication and hard work of the seven hospital staff planning teams who have dedicated countless hours to the redevelopment effort. The staff teams provided invaluable input into detailing the future needs of the QEH in helping to meet the health care needs of Islanders. I also wish to acknowledge the Resource Planning Group for assisting us in reaching this milestone today.”
The QEH redevelopment project is designed to be implemented in two phases, with Phase One being developed over the next eight years and Phase Two extending into 15 years and beyond. Phase Two is not part of the current planning process and will include a further review of remaining hospital services.
QEH Redevelopment
Approval of first part of Phase One
History of project to date:
• Department of Health requested Executive Council approval to conduct a comprehensive review of all QEH operations.
• On July 13, 2006, Executive Council authorized the Department of Health to complete a Master Program/Master Plan for the total review of all QEH operations.
• Concepts for future operational requirements of the QEH were considered. The QEH Redevelopment Project would be two phase design: a short term five year plan and a long term 15 year plan.
• On April 19, 2006, Treasury Board approved in principle the QEH Redevelopment Phase One (Emergency, Supply, Processing, and Distribution, Laundry, Materials Management, Ambulatory Care, Day Surgery, and renovations to the Main Entrance and Lobby), a project that will cover approximately eight years.
• On August 30, 2006 the Minister of Health entered into a contract with RPG (Resource Planning Group) to complete a Functional Program for Phase One.
• RPG has worked with QEH physicians and staff to develop a functional program which is both space efficient and provides the infrastructure required for the delivery of necessary services to meet the future health needs of the Island population.
• A Functional Program is an expanded detailed review following the Master Program/Master Plan but focusing on specifically defined areas.
• The Functional Program involves the details of:
- Room sizes for the services to be provided
- Confirming adjacencies
- Confirming work flows
- Estimates of the number of staff needed to support the projected work load
- Identifying the equipment needs for the redeveloped services and includes an evaluation of the expected life span of our existing equipment relative to the expected operation of the redeveloped areas.
• Seven hospital staff teams were established to study each of the seven priority areas. These groups, with the assistance of RPG, developed the first and subsequent drafts of the Functional Plan for these seven areas of Phase One.
• This work involved a review of best practices in the country with site visits to like facilities in PEI, NB, NS, and Ontario. This work was completed and submitted to Treasury Board for approval on March 16, 2007.
Current stage and next steps:
• Based on available funding, the QEH Redevelopment Steering Committee proposed a staging of Phase One with Emergency along with the necessary supports of Supply, Processing, and Distribution, Materials Management, and Laundry.
• Government has approved the planning for the first part of Phase One and the engineering and design phase of this first part of Phase One will begin early Summer 2007.
• Construction of the first part of Phase One is anticipated to begin in the summer of 2008 and expected completion will be in late 2010.
• The design and engineering work for the remaining priority areas (Ambulatory Care, Day Surgery, and renovations to the main entrance and front lobby) to begin in the 2010-2011 time frame.
• The total estimated capital cost of Phase One of the QEH Redevelopment Project is $52.23 million.
• The estimated capital cost of the first part of Phase One (Emergency and Support Services stage) is 24.19 million.
Square Footage Breakdown of first part of Phase One:
• The current Emergency Department is 8,285 square feet while the new Emergency Department will be 22, 079 square feet.
• The current laundry facility is 6,134 square feet and the redeveloped facility will be 7,262 sq. ft.
• The Materials Management Department is going from 8,440 sq. ft to 10,163 sq. ft.
• The Supply, Processing and Distribution Department is going from 6,700 sq. ft, to 10,812.