Serco wins £42 million contract with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Serco has won a three-year extension to its hotel services contract with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust. The extension is worth £42 million and means that the contract will now continue until September 2019.

Employing 650 people in Plymouth, Serco provides a range of facilities management services including cleaning services, patient catering, retail catering, portering services, and a helpdesk.

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust is the largest Trust in the south west peninsula and provides secondary and tertiary healthcare to a population of more than 450,000. More than 48,000 people pass through the main entrance of Derriford Hospital in a week and it has more than 900 inpatient beds.

Nick Pugh, Serco's partnership director for health enabling services, said: "We are working in partnership with the Trust to realise their vision of making Derriford the top hospital in the UK. Due to our excellent operational performance and the potential to maximise our commercial partnership, this agreement has been accelerated by three years. This will see the relationship gather momentum, and we are already talking about the integration or transfer of new services."

Plymouth Hospitals' chief executive, Ann James, said: "The services provided by Serco are extremely important to our patients and staff and we are committed to maintaining a contract which gives high levels of service and value for money."