This £229 million hospital, which was completed in 2001, replaced two city centre hospitals which served a population of 650,000 people. The new acute hospital was built on a green field site and was one of the first PFI hospital contracts to reach financial close.

This 953 bed hospital is one of the largest single-build hospital projects in England, covering more than 100,000 square metres and provides the latest in patient care facilities to the local population in Norfolk.