Hello everyone! The new building is now almost complete and ready to open to the public at 4am on Wednesday 26 th April. It seems crazy that almost four years on from the initial planning and development of the building we are now finally almost at the point of opening! So much hard work has been put in by both clinical and non-clinical colleagues to get to this point. The deep clinical clean has now been completed, and staff familiarisation continues in the new building. Our IT team have also been working hard to install all of the kit and ensure connectivity in preparation for ‘go live’. E-obs is scheduled to be introduced to the current ED on Wednesday 19 th April along with a NerveCentre Upgrade in readiness for the move. There will be plenty of support from the IT department and NerveCentre team during this time – staff should be able to identify these individuals by their bright yellow t-shirts! The picture above shows the paediatric Emergency Department entra...
Another week, more demolition. The team continue to make good progress with the demolition and clearing of the site for our new Emergency Floor. Did you know... every day, an ambulance will arrive at the Royal Infirmary every 9 minutes.
Hello Everyone! It’s finally 2017, and there are only a handful of weeks until phase 1 of the Emergency Floor will be handed over by the contractors and open to the public! In readiness for this, we will be bringing you bi-weekly updates focusing on different areas within the new build. This week we will be focusing on the new Paediatric Emergency Department. The two pictures below show the entrance to the Paediatric department both inside and out. This is located along Infirmary Way opposite the Jarvis building and next to the Victoria building. Work continues to build the external walkway (picture below left). Sound diffusing panels are now in place in the Paediatric Atrium (picture below right). Special frailty friendly rubber flooring has been laid in the new Paediatric Observation Ward (POW). Recognising that patients of all ages can be frail, charitable funding was used to make this enhancement which can only benefit our pat...
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