#Newedleics

Did you know... our new multi-storey car park at the Royal Infirmary will have nearly 350 spaces, and will open this winter.

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.

Demolition is in its final stages, as we edge closer to the start of the building work. Anyone visiting us recently will have seen big changes and lots of activity... Did you know... The Victoria Building, the building next to the one we have demolished, is the oldest building on our site and was built in 1771.

Bricks keep on falling, as we get closer to the end of the demolition. Once the site is cleared of debris, the building work can begin! Did you know... Our new A&E will be the UK's first frality-friendly A&E, meaning that it is designed with the needs of our oldest and most vulnerable patients in mind.

We continue to make excellent progress demolishing Mills Flats and clearing the site ready for the building work, which is scheduled to start in late summer. Did you know... our new emergency floor will be bigger than our current one, so we can better meet the demands of population growth both now and in the future.

The building previously known as Mills Flats continues to be demolished this week, with significant progress being made towards our demolition end deadline in August. The state-of-the-art Muncher is back on site, making a swift job of pulling down the flats. We've also been preparing the other side of Mills Flats on Infirmary Close, ready for demolition in the near future. Watch this space for updates on progress of this key piece of demolition. We'll be able to see the space for our new ED soon; it's starting to become a reality! Did you know... The piling rig being used to dig our foundations was also used over the road to build the new Tigers stadium AND our new multi-storey car park!

Another week, more demolition...By winter 2016 our new £43m A&E will be built. This is phase one of the Emergency Floor development at Leicester's Hopsitals'. A year later, phase two will be up and running, providing a suite of assessment units located right next door to the A&E.    Mills Flats has started to come down today, after the recent removal of the link bridge on Infirmary Close. The piling rig to dig the foundations of the new build arrived today! Did you know...our existing A&E was built to cope with 100,000 patients each year, we currently see 180,000.