New £28m A&E department at Arrowe Park on track

Following enquiries from the local Conservatives, it has been confirmed that the new £28m emergency and urgent care facilities at Arrowe Park Hospital are on track.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, says it will combine the emergency and urgent treatment units, which are currently separated, into one building.

The hospital is one of the North West's busiest and its emergency unit, the only one in Wirral, serves 320,000 people.

The new facility promises to have better access for ambulances. The current phase of work is scheduled to become operational by April, as planned.

The money for the scheme has come from funding the government announced in 2019 to improve NHS buildings.

Speaking at the time the cash was announced, the trust's chief executive Janelle Holmes said it was the "biggest investment at Arrowe Park Hospital since it was built almost 40 years ago and shows our commitment to enhancing the care we provide to those who are in most urgent need".

The work will completely transform Wirral's only emergency department and also the provision of urgent care for local people

The new urgent care centre aims to provide faster diagnosis and treatment for patients whose conditions allow them to return home the same day.

Medical director and deputy chief executive, Dr Nikki Stevenson, added:

We are very excited about the development, which will create a much simpler process and a better patient journey for those who visit our emergency or urgent care facilities.

 

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