How the new building at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital could look. Image: AHR Architects
Consultant-led maternity care along with in-patient services for women and children will also form part of the new Shrewsbury building. “It works far better to deliver critical care having all the specialists together on one site,” said Mr Rysdale. The planning application for a new 30,000 square metre building at the Princess Royal Hospital was submitted to Shropshire Council in July.
Matthew Neale, director of hospitals transformation programme, said that they are now collating feedback from the comments made and during consultation sessions. “As a consequence of the comments we are having focus groups and engagement sessions will carry on through the process.”Doctor Rysdale says that the first stage of planning process for the Shrewsbury hospital has been clinical-led rather than patient-led.As part of the Hospitals Transformation Programme, urgent care services will continue at both Shropshire hospitals