Royal Bournemouth Hospitals – Major Emergency Hospital
Summary of services
Urgent and emergency care
24/7 consultant-delivered A&E with major trauma
24/7 hyper-acute cardiac, stroke
24/7 consultant-delivered emergency surgery in line with NCEPOD
Acute medical admissions
24/7 gastrointestinal bleed rota
Acute oncology
Planned and specialist
Level 3 critical care
Higher risk, low volume planned care, including cancer
24/7 interventional radiology
Outpatients and diagnostics
Networked single Dorset cancer service
Maternity and paediatrics
24/7 high risk obstetrics unit for maternity
Alongside midwifery-led unit
24/7 inpatient consultant delivered paediatrics
Local neonatal unit Level 2
Long-term conditions, frailty and end of life care
Integrated frailty service
Primary and community care services on-site
Step-up, step-down beds
Mental healthcare services (not inpatient beds)
Developments and benefits
Pathology
Access to a single, more efficient unit complemented by a hot laboratory for processing urgent tests from the wards at the major planned unit
Emergency Department
Additional space to accommodate increased capacity
Greater separation between adult’s & children’s areas Increased cover with 24/7 consultant-led services on site
Safe, high quality, sustainable service which meets national guidance
Additional beds and remodelled wards
Move towards four bedded bays away from current six bedded
Will help to meet improved infection control guidance and standards
Provide consistent single room availability
Children’s unit
Move towards purpose-designed children’s unit to improve patient experience, and operational effectiveness
Maternity unit
Predominately new build with sufficient capacity to meet future projected activity
Full en-suite rooms
Part of integrated single maternity service as recommended by Royal College review
Will support benefits to patients through: choice and personalisation; birth choice and specialist care
On-site helipad
24/7 accessibility in line with Civil Aviation Authority requirements