Following a £2.6m refurbishment, NUH NHS Trust is re-opening three refurbished X-Ray rooms at the Queen's Medical Centre A&E Department.
The three rooms will see around 1,300 X-rays taken every week – amounting to more than 70,000 every year.
Works began in January. Delivered by the NUH Estates Capital Development Team with funding from NHS England, they have seen the strip-out of all three rooms, including replacing the ceiling tiles, doors and flooring, repainting the walls, and installing a full-wall ocean-themed mural in each room.
All three rooms have been refurbished with full plain film X-ray equipment with the addition of a dental X-Ray machine in one of the rooms. Two of the rooms are already back in use, with the third nearing completion and is due to have equipment installed by Phillips in the coming weeks. It is expected to be ready for patient use in May.
The replacement of electrical wiring as part of the supply to the three X-Ray rooms and some final work to the flooring in the patient waiting area still needs to be carried out and is scheduled for the end of April.
Rachel Machin, modality manager for Plain Film and Paediatric X-Ray, said: “We are delighted with the newly refurbished rooms, which are already making such a difference both to our staff and to our patients.
“The new murals have already been a talking point with patients, and we can’t wait to have Room 2 finished as this will be our child-friendly room with an amazing under-the-sea mural.
“To have fully functioning, modern X-Ray rooms means we can see more patients more quickly, which will reduce waiting times and provide our patients with a better overall experience.
“Staff will also benefit from the refurbishment as they are now working in a bright modern department. Thank you to all our ED colleagues for their support and flexibility while the work was carried out.”
