The Project
The Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) vision is for a new future-looking clinical model, putting patient care at the centre of the planning and redesign process.
Plans for the hospital have been developed by a highly knowledgeable team with expertise in delivering first-class healthcare projects.
Meeting the needs of modern healthcare
University Hospital Monklands is over 40 years old and has mechanical and electrical systems that have exceeded their lifespan, leading to recurring costly failures that can sometimes affect clinical services. The current facilities lack space and the buildings don’t have the right layout for the ideal model of care, which requires key departments to be located close together. Simply put, the existing hospital no longer meets the needs of patients, visitors, or staff, and action is needed.
Staying on the current University Hospital Monklands site was not an option for the project as building a new hospital on an existing hospital site takes longer, costs more, risks infection and other patient safety issues, while creating performance and access issues during the long construction phase.
The design of the new hospital is optimised for the ‘future model of care’
The proposed new service delivery models capture the end-to-end integrated health and care arrangements required to support people to maintain their health and wellbeing in the community or their own home, with hospital services only required for serious accidents and emergencies and some elements of specialist care.
Components of acute care will also be delivered in the community, co-designed and embedded within the integrated community infrastructure and related services.
Where acute care is provided, this will be focused on rapid assessment to determine the best form of clinical management; patients will be admitted into specialist beds only when necessary. Time spent in hospital will be minimised by expanding and optimising ambulatory pathways (for patients who can move around independently) for both planned and emergency care.
Planning permission and business case approval
The Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) team has continued to develop its Full Business Case, and a range of important milestones have been reached.
Project milestones to date:
October 2017 - Initial Agreement approved
January 2021 - Wester Moffat site confirmed
March 2022 - Wester Moffat site procured
August 2023 – Planning application submitted
June 2024 - Planning application approved
April 2025 - Site groundworks begin
