Montserrat's New Hospital Project Designs Now Under Review

The Programme Management Office (PMO) has announced that it has been meeting with other key stakeholders to review the preliminary designs for Montserrat’s new Glendon hospital Project.

Along with representatives from the Ministry of Health & Social Services, NHS Improvement, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the PMO met with the designers from Article 25 to walk through the three preliminary design options.

This will be followed by a period of review and engagement, as well as public townhall (virtual) meetings to gather public feedback.

The new National Hospital Project is the bedrock project within the £30 million Capital Investment Programme for Economic Growth (CIPREG), funded by the UK’s Department for International Development.

The new hospital will be located at the current Glendon Hospital site in St Johns.

Construction was expected to begin in late 2020 but has been delayed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Head of PMO, Martin Parlette says it has been more than a quarter century since Montserrat has had a fit-for-purpose hospital.

The PMO says it is excited to support this fully-funded CIPREG project to deliver a 21st Century medical facility, and looks forward to progressing to detailed design and construction.

Parlette says they have been very impressed with Article 25’s approach thus far, as well as the full project team’s engagement despite the challenges of COVID-19 and remote transatlantic working.

Article 25 is a humanitarian architectural organisation based in London. Article 25 has worked on more than 90 projects in 34 countries, making them the most far-reaching architectural NGO in the world.