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In December 2013 the Trust had to cancel non-urgent operations and appointments due to increased pressure on their A&E units. [6]In April 2014 it was revealed that the Trust had mislaid up to 270,000 ultrasound scans which were stored on obsolete technology dating back to 2004.
A new hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract to replace the Worcester Royal Infirmary in 1999, with the new site located on the eastern side of the city. [1] The new hospital was designed by Anshen Dyer, [4] built by Bovis Lend Lease [5] at a cost of £85 million [6] and opened in March 2002. [7]
They found that 31,613 people had attended the hospital's A&E department between April and December 2014- up 4.3% on the previous 12 months - with nearly a fifth of those coming from areas outside of Worcestershire including South Birmingham who were using the service as an alternative to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. [15]
The hospital, which replaced the Smallwood Hospital at Church Green, [1] was completed in 1985. [2] It was officially opened by Princess Alexandra in April 1987. [3]After four consultants left the hospital because of "continuing uncertainty about the future of Redditch Hospital" in February 2015, there were calls from a local pressure group for Government intervention. [2]
The main patient area inside the Mobile Medical Unit operated in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own ...
The hospital was built on the site of a Victorian mansion known as Wexham Park and was completed in 1965. [5] [6] The design led to an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects. [5] An expanded recovery centre was opened by Sophie Christiansen in June 2013 [7] and a new accident and emergency department opened on 3 April 2019. [8]
It transfers around 50 patients a month to private sector providers because of lack of capacity. Non-elective patients stay an average 6 days and elective patients 2 days. A&E attendances increased by 1,640 (3.6%) from 2012/13 to 2013/14. The majority of the increase since 2012/13 1,368 (83.4%) are people over 65. [9]
The hospital has its origins in the Macclesfield Workhouse and Hospital which opened at West Park in 1844. [1] [2] A fever hospital was completed in 1854 and a new hospital block was completed in 1881. [1] It became West Park Hospital in 1930 and joined the National Health Service as Macclesfield Hospital, West Park Branch in 1948. [2]