St Michael’s Hospice, Hastings

Client
St Michael's Hospice

Duration
6 weeks & 7 weeks

The Brief

• We carried out two projects with the hospice during 2024 and 2025
• Our brief was to carry out targeted refurbishments to improve patient and workforce experience in key areas of the hospice while ensuring minimal disruption to its vital operations.
• The first phase focused on refurbishing seven ground-floor bedrooms, including plumbing alterations, new cladding, vinyl flooring, and ceiling decorations.
• The second phase involved reconfiguring part of the first floor to create five new office spaces designed to support multidisciplinary working. These larger, shared offices help different clinical experts – like community nurses, social workers, and doctors – to collaborate more easily, helping to deliver more joined up care and support for patients.

Our Solution

• As the hospice was operational at the time we had to liaise carefully with the hospice team to ensure disruptions and noise were kept to a minimum
• We had to take all reasonable measures to ensure dust levels were kept under control at all times.
• Ground floor bedrooms had to be cleared and prepped ready for refurbishment

Works for the Ground and First Floor phases included:-

• Opening up walls for access to remove pipework and isolating valves
• Installing access hatches
• Plastering to walls and ceilings
• Carpentry and Joinery
• M&E Works
• Decorations
• New doors
• Skirting replaced

All areas were thoroughly cleaned prior to handing over to the client.

The Result

• Refurbished bedrooms, plumbing and the creation of much-needed new office space for the hospice staff.
• We also created a tranquil space for families – a quiet haven in a place that means so much to so many.
• Both phases were completed on time and within budget and enabled the hospice to accommodate new patients.