Fraser Health is developing a master plan that will guide the development of the 20 acre SMH site into a world-class health campus and model medical community that serves the entire Fraser Health district. This new campus will specialize in children’s and women’s maternal health and, with the University of British Columbia, bring an expanded Clinical Academic Campus to the City of Surrey.

This master plan will be developed in three phases that will establish Surrey Memorial Hospital as a key regional hospital within the network of hospitals in Fraser Health and the Lower Mainland. Plans include:

• Developing a new state-of-the-art emergency facility, which will improve service and reduce Emergency Department congestion and meet population health care needs to 2020.
• Creating a new, centralized tertiary perinatal program along with a Maternal/Child centre to address the needs of the growing younger population in the Fraser Health region. This will ensure that sick children and their families in Fraser South receive care closer to home.
• Expanding the critical care capacity at SMH for both intensive care and high-dependency care in order to meet the critical care needs for the services on the SMH site, as well as the needs created by SMH’s wider role in the Fraser Health and Lower Mainland critical care system.
• Increasing the number of inpatient beds at SMH to meet the needs of the community of Surrey.
• Support the government’s medical education mandate by providing high-quality teaching and learning facilities at SMH that are necessary to retain and recruit health professionals.

Phase 1: New Emergency Department and Critical Care Tower The Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) critical care tower and renovations will see a new state-of-the-art tower constructed on the hospital site, as well as renovations to parts of the existing hospital. The project will add 151 new beds and approximately 25,000 sq. metres (274,000 sq. feet) of new construction. The new tower will help address Surrey’s future health needs and ease current congestion at SMH. The total capital project value is estimated in the range of $500 million to $600 million. The final cost of this public-private partnership project will be determined once a contract is signed and the full scope finalized. Elements include:

New Emergency Department

At around 6,100 square metres (65,652 sq. feet), the new emergency department will be close to five times the size of the current emergency department and will provide specialized mental health and geriatric units. It will also include a separate children’s ER, an enhanced minor treatment unit, and an improved area for acute patients. These enhancements will substantially improve SMH`s efficiency, provide the best emergency care to patients and place the hospital in a prime position to continue attracting and retaining the finest medical expertise, supported by the latest medical equipment and technology.

Dedicated Perinatal Centre

Located with the new five-story tower, the perinatal centre will include 48 neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) beds, needed to treat premature infants and newborns in critical distress. The maternity department will also be expanded and 13 new obstetric beds will be added. Family-centred care will be the focus of the expanded facility, and families will play an integral role in the care team.

Increased Capacity

In addition to the new perinatal centre and ER will be two floors of additional inpatient beds, as well as an expanded adult intensive care unit, which will help meet the acute care needs of Surrey, and will play a crucial role in decreasing emergency room congestion. A new rooftop helipad will be located on the top of the new tower. Two additional underground floors will accommodate a new and expanded laboratory and underground parking (350 stalls).

Renovations on portions of the existing hospital include:

• Renovations to the old ICU space to provide an additional 15 inpatient beds.
• An expanded family birthing unit/maternity ward, which will add 13 new obstetrics beds, birthing rooms and a second maternal operating room.
• Additional space for ER administrative and support services space.
• An expanded pharmacy services department, data centre, and sterile processing unit.
• Expanded main entrance services, to include information services, security services and volunteer resources.

Teaching and Research Space

Additional academic space will be created, to support the growing partnership between Fraser Health (FH) and the University of British Columbia medical school. When complete, SMH will become part of FH’s clinical academic campus, working in conjunction with Royal Columbian Hospital, improving the province’s capacity to train new doctors.