A fast-track project developed to tackle NHS waiting lists, the new Day Treatment Centre at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital went from car park to completion in under 38 weeks. The scheme has four theatres (two with laminar flow canopies providing ultra clean ventilation) to deliver a range of non-complex surgery and procedures including orthopaedics and urology. The scheme also includes 14 pre-op bays, 8 first stage recovery and 16 second stage recovery bays, staff welfare and ancillary accommodation. Designed as a stand-alone building specifically for the treatment of day case patients with no in-patient accommodation, surgical waiting lists in the new facility will not be impacted by emergency surgeries, meaning that the focus can remain firmly on tackling the elective procedures backlog and reducing the hours that patients need to spend away from home.