Changes at York Vaccination Centre site
A new, 547-metre square, temporary modular building is to be installed at the York Vaccination Centre at Askham Bar to replace the large tent that has been used by Nimbuscare since December 2020.
The front part of the new building will include six large treatment rooms, each one 18 metres square, as well as a clinical room and toilets. The second part of the building will be open plan and will include one treatment room and toilet facilities.
The temporary building will be used for a number of healthcare services, including vaccination clinics. It will be around 40 metres long, larger than the current tent, and around 13 metres wide.
Due to the size of the building, it will be delivered in sections and take approximately one week to arrive and be installed. During the installation period, clinics will continue at the site, although opening times may vary. Any changes to opening hours will be well publicised.
Nimbuscare's chief executive officer Madeline Ruff said: "This is a huge operation and, like all projects of this size, it may involve some inconvenience to people. Our teams are working closely with Portakabin to make sure the arrival and installation of this spectacular new building goes as smoothly as possible. This is the largest site change we have had to deal with since we arrived at the empty Askham Bar car park in 2020. However, we have the best site teams and support teams in place, and I'm confident that everything will go well.
"Whilst it will be sad to say goodbye to our well-loved 'Tent of Hope', we recognise that it has served its purpose and we need to upgrade this facility to continue to offer a high quality clinical service to the people of York. The new temporary facility is a state-of-the-art modern clinical building, used in hospitals and clinical settings around the world and we are very much looking forward to its arrival. It will mean our clinical teams have the right environment in which to work to deliver health services and our population receive the care they deserve going forward."
