The Salts Academy

Following the successful relocation of Salts Healthcare’s production and distribution facilities, Tarpey Woodfine Architects were appointed to plan and design a new education venue for health care professionals within their former production facility.

The Salts Academy is a dedicated facility providing high-quality educational courses for healthcare professionals specialising in stoma care. The spaces include a lecture theatre and conference suit, library, new canteen, meeting rooms and a clinical skills room for specialist nurses to visit and further their knowledge, skills and understanding of stoma care.

The Salts Academy has partnered with De Montfort University for ten years, and more recently Birmingham City University, providing stoma care education for healthcare professionals and other healthcare workers in the form of workshops, study days and courses leading to qualifications at degree and masters level.

The project was challenging due to having to work within the constraints of the former industrial building’s structure and services.  Our role was to co-ordinate a design team of specialist consultants.