The national new hospital programme team is overseeing and developing a range of tools and designs that we can use to build our new hospital. This includes:
• Hospital 2.0 – this is a standardised design for future hospitals which will benefit patients and staff through digital solutions and an optimised hospital layout. It will decrease the time to develop and build hospitals as well as reduce the cost through economies of scale and modern methods of construction.
• Demand and capacity modelling - this determines the size required for each new hospital based on expected demographic changes, expected disease burden changes, movement of patient care to different settings, impact of digital and more. It will establish the number of beds and other key service requirements needed for our new hospital.
As this programme progresses, we’ll keep you informed through our website and this newsletter, and work with our community to ensure the new hospital meets everyone’s needs.
We are also collaborating closely with the national team and our partners to streamline essential processes and business cases, helping us meet our ambitious timeline.