01 December 2014
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Emergency Department Officially Reopened
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children has officially reopened its
Emergency Department (ED) after undergoing a redesign and
refurbishment to improve its services and facilities. To mark the
grand unveiling patients, relatives and staff were invited to a
ceremonial opening and ribbon cutting hosted by CBeebies' Mr
Bloom.
University Hospitals Bristol, the Trust that runs Bristol
Children's Hospital, has invested £350k into improving its
Paediatric Emergency Department. The main focus of the project has
been maximising the efficiency of the department by increasing its
footprint and renewing the layout. New facilities include 'fast
flow' cubicles so that staff can treat patients with minor injuries
and illnesses quickly and efficiently. There is also a new sedation
room which will allow the team to increase the number of sedations
they do and reduce the number of children requiring admission for
an anaesthetic the next day.
The open plan design has also improved safety in the department
as it allows doctors and nurses in charge to keep an overview of
most patients as they can be seen from a single central location.
The ED team will also be able to flexibly use the different areas
to cope with different levels of activity over the year. The
department design has taken into account the importance of IT in
modern medicine by increasing the number of computer terminals and
replacing the old whiteboard with a bespoke electronic version.
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