The internal refurbishment of Gaumont House, Peckham, has combined two separate NHS GP surgeries (The Acorn Surgery and Gaumont House Surgery) into one modern healthcare facility. Combining two facilities into one building allowed for a better integration of the clinical and non-clinical teams, which led to cost savings in terms of energy use and reduced duplicated staffing, and provides the capacity to deal with the anticipated increase in patient numbers over the next 20 years due to significant housing expansion in the area.
To enable this, we were able to acquire an existing vacant office space directly above the surgery and negotiate a long term lease to match that of the surgery below. This allowed the relocation of all the existing administrative and staff areas to the first floor, which in turn freed up space for additional consultation and treatment rooms on the ground floor, where there is level access for patients throughout.
Once the new clinical rooms were completed, all the existing clinical rooms were upgraded with acoustic wall linings, new floor finishes and sanitaryware to meet current HBN and infection control standards. After this, perhaps the most important and most visible part of the redevelopment works was the full refurbishment of the main reception and waiting area.
