The new hospital will be set on an eight-acre site on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and will include approximately 300 single rooms, clinical facilitiesand a research and education institute.
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The project team at Papworth Hospital will work with the two consortia to further develop the bids before a preferred bidder is selected. A contract is expected to be signed in late 2012. The construction phase is expected to be complete by late 2015.
Papworth Hospital chief executive Stephen Bridge said: 鈥淭his is a key milestone in the project to relocate Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust onto the biomedical campus in Cambridge. We are looking forward to working with the two consortia to develop a new hospital which provides the highest quality environment in which to provide the best care for our patients.鈥�
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