New four-storey building planned at Hull hospital

The building would face Anlaby Road

A new four-storey building housing a discharge lounge and wellbeing suite is being planned at Hull Royal Infirmary.

It would be built next to the Women's and Children's Hospital and facing Anlaby Road, according to proposals submitted to Hull City Council.

The building would contain offices and meeting space as well as recovery rooms for the operating theatres and a rooftop room for plant equipment.

The site is near a Grade-II listed statue of Dr John Alderson – a physician at the original infirmary in the 1790s – and this would remain in its place, according to the proposals.

"It is considered that the new build which faces Anlaby Road, will in fact create a more important sense of place, and provide a more pleasant surrounding to the frontage of the Royal Infirmary," the plans put forward by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust state.

"This enhancement of the surrounding area will create an improved environment for the monument, thus it will not only retain its significance but improve it."

The fresh proposals for Hull Royal follow recently announced plans to alter the cladding on the main building, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

The materials no longer comply with fire safety regulations that came into force in 2022 following the Grenfell Tower disaster.

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