New Planned Care Hub to Increase Operations at Princess Royal Hospital

📆 4/4/2024 1:40 PM
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A new Planned Care Hub at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford will enable thousands more operations to take place each year. The facility, consisting of four modern operating theatres and additional recovery beds, will support over 3,500 additional day case procedures annually. The hub is part of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust's plans to improve care and has received a £24 million investment. Patients will benefit from shorter waiting times and an improved healthcare environment.

Thousands more operations will take place each year with the opening of a new Planned Care Hub at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford this summer, a hospital trust has said. The new facility, which will consist of four modern operating theatres and additional recovery beds, will enable more than 3,500 additional day case procedures to be undertaken per year.

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) secured a £24 million investment to build the hub as part of its plans to improve care. The trust, which runs PRH and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, has also released a short preview video of what patients can expect when the hub opens. Construction work is continuing on the new two-storey hub which will support patients across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales. The trust said patients will benefit from much shorter waiting times and an improved, high quality healthcare environment in which to receive their care

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