UC San Diego Health has commenced construction of a new outpatient facility in La Jolla, US, with a projected cost of $434m and an anticipated opening in 2030.

The Gary and Mary West Outpatient Pavilion will cover 180,000ft² and is set to expand access to coordinated outpatient care for patients across the region.

The pavilion is being developed through a partnership between UC San Diego Health and West Health, which has invested $40m in the project.

According to UC San Diego Health, the facility will bring together core programmes in orthopaedics, spine, and neurosurgery, combined with advanced imaging and theranostics.

When completed, it will also house the first urgent care facility available on the La Jolla medical campus.

UC San Diego chancellor Pradeep Khosla said: “This new outpatient pavilion reflects the power of academic medicine to bring research, innovation and compassionate care together for patients.

“Gary and Mary West have long understood that generosity in health care is measured in lives changed, and their commitment ensures San Diegans will feel the impact of that work for generations to come.”

The facility will feature an ambulatory surgery centre with nine operating rooms, three interventional radiology suites, two procedure rooms, and an integrated sterile processing department, which the institution expects to improve perioperative processes.

In addition, services will include an MRI procedural unit, a 23-hour post-surgical stay unit, indoor and outdoor rehabilitation spaces, and advanced imaging options, including CT, ultrasound, MRI, DEXA, X-ray and PET.

UC San Diego Health CEO Patty Maysent said: “The Gary and Mary West Outpatient Pavilion represents a bold reimagining of how health care will be delivered in the future. It will bring together a breadth of speciality care, advanced imaging, surgery, recovery and rehabilitation in a single outpatient destination.

“The pavilion will allow us to safely perform procedures and provide recovery services that have traditionally required an inpatient hospital stay, while creating a more seamless experience for patients.”

The new pavilion is intended to integrate outpatient services currently provided at other sites on the La Jolla campus, freeing up capacity for complex inpatient and cancer care.

The facility’s design aims to streamline patient movement between consultation, diagnostics, treatment, recovery and rehabilitation within a single location.

UC San Diego Health and West Health have an ongoing collaboration that has introduced other geriatric care initiatives, including work at the Gary and Mary West Emergency Department at Jacobs Medical Center.