Over the past year, mobile fleet operator, Vanguard Healthcare, has been providing additional clinical capacity to Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and both parties have acknowledged the partnership’s success.
The hospital offers expert care to over 90,000 children annually. Experiencing heightened patient demand, the Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust engaged Vanguard to provide temporary facilities to allow access to treatment to continue across the board.
Vanguard Healthcare said: “The unique combination of facilities we provide is often referred to as a ‘visiting hospital’, due to the ability to act as a standalone treatment and recovery centre for daycase patients. Birmingham Children’s Hospital elected to integrate the facility with its existing buildings via a bespoke link corridor. The eight-bed ward unit, and a laminar flow theatre, provide valuable additional day case capacity.”
In the unit’s single year on site the Trust has been able to offer over 1,200 young patients safe, timely treatment. The hi-tech temporary facility is expected to remain in place, just outside the hospital’s main entrance, for at least another year.
