Gloucestershire Royal Hospital critical care unit work begins
Construction has begun on a new critical care unit at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital to address rising demand from an aging population. The facility will initially provide 24 beds with plans to expand to 36 in the future.
Why it matters
The expansion addresses critical infrastructure needs in the UK healthcare system to manage complex patient care and infectious disease isolation.
Image source, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Image caption, The new purpose-built may eventually have capacity for 36 beds
Construction on a new hospital department, which a trust says will care for some of its "sickest patients", has begun.
The Department of Critical Care at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital will initially provide 24 critical care beds and is expected to treat more than 1,500 patients a year.
It will replace the hospital's existing critical care unit and include specialist isolation rooms, upgraded facilities for families and improved staff wellbeing spaces.
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said the unit in Gloucester is "designed to meet growing demand for critical care services, driven by an ageing population and increasing numbers of patients with complex health needs".
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