Ronald McDonald, Oxford

Like all specialist children’s hospitals, Oxford Children’s Hospital provides services across a wide region. Children and their families travel from all over the UK, including Northern Ireland, to receive vital care.

We worked in partnership with Oxford University Hospitals to develop a new Ronald McDonald House within the grounds of the John Radcliffe Hospital.

Our team of healthcare specialists built a 62-bedroom facility for families who have seriously ill children being treated at the hospital. It means they can stay close to their loved ones during a different period without having to pay for a local hotel or travelling long distances each day.

The facility includes communal living facilities such as kitchens, lounges, playrooms and laundry rooms, making it a true ‘home away from home’.

Roger Forsdyke, managing director of Willmott Dixon in the Southern Home Counties explains,

“We’ve built up an incredibly close relationship with this excellent charity thanks to work in Lambeth and Cardiff and are delighted to add this important facility in Oxford to our track record.”

The project follows on from the success of two previous RMH projects in Cardiff and in London.