Compass has been working with Noviniti Ltd to deliver the fully funded new main entrance. It provides the hospital with a more welcoming reception area, PALS (Patient Advice and Liaison Service) and retail offers including a Costa Coffee, Subway, stock shop and M & S food store.
Andy Jones, managing director of Healthcare Retail at Compass Group UK & Ireland said: ‘’We are thrilled to be working in partnership with Northampton General Hospital to deliver a great new space and retail offer for the Trust, its visitors, patients and staff. We are bringing high street retail, alongside food and beverage offers to provide a great service, quality and choice.”
The overall hospital renovation work includes a new £15.9m critical and intensive care unit and designated children’s A&E - due to open this year.
Stuart Finn, director of estates and facilities at Northampton General Hospital (NGH), added: "This development has been in the works for a number of years and will provide a new welcoming space for people coming to NGH.
“While we hope to welcome our local community to these new shops soon, we would ask that only those needing to attend the hospital use these facilities, until our hospital Covid restrictions change.”