Plans to expand A&E ward at Stoke Mandeville Hospital

12:13pm Wednesday 8th August 2012 in News By Lawrence Dunhill

Plans to expand A&E ward at Stoke Mandeville Plans to expand A&E ward at Stoke Mandeville

HEALTH chiefs have submitted plans to expand the A&E department at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

The proposal for a single storey extension comes after it was agreed that thousands of emergency patients from the south of Bucks should no longer be seen at Wycombe Hospital  (see related links).

The expansion will cost more than £2 million and include a new CT scanner room, critical decisions unit and resuscitation unit.

The critical decisions unit, an area where patients are monitored for up to 23 hours before being transferred to wards, would have room for 20 patients.

Up to six people would be able to use the resuscitation unit, including one dedicated as a trauma bay.

The extension would be manufactured off site and delivered fully furnished for final assembly.

See related links for more details about the plans, which have been submitted to Aylesbury Vale District Council, as well as background on the changes to hospital services in Bucks.

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Comments (8)

12:28pm Wed 8 Aug 12

ArnyP_HW says...

....and the staff to man this new wing would be included?
....and the staff to man this new wing would be included? ArnyP_HW

12:38pm Wed 8 Aug 12

rem708 says...

"The expansion will cost more than £2 million and include ...... and resuscitation unit"

Won't need it - will be dead by the time one gets there.

Spend the money on Wycombe A&E!
"The expansion will cost more than £2 million and include ...... and resuscitation unit" Won't need it - will be dead by the time one gets there. Spend the money on Wycombe A&E! rem708

12:52pm Wed 8 Aug 12

Welwyn Dowd says...

Aylesbury and district applauding Steve Baker's efforts to get additional services at Stoke Mandeville.
Aylesbury and district applauding Steve Baker's efforts to get additional services at Stoke Mandeville. Welwyn Dowd

12:54pm Wed 8 Aug 12

Welwyn Dowd says...

Yet to deliver on Maidenhead's new hospital - one favour to David Liddington done, next one for Theresa May? How much does it take to get a knighthood?
Yet to deliver on Maidenhead's new hospital - one favour to David Liddington done, next one for Theresa May? How much does it take to get a knighthood? Welwyn Dowd

1:03pm Wed 8 Aug 12

miccles says...

This money could have been spent on doing a nice A&E unit at Wycombe.
This money could have been spent on doing a nice A&E unit at Wycombe. miccles

1:09pm Wed 8 Aug 12

Darren Hayday says...

This is very true. The money should have been spent on Wycombe's A&E.

We have been shafted full stop!

Doesn’t matter what political colour Government is in power, all of them have now shafted us in Wycombe.

Not long till the bulldozers come rollin' in at this rate.
This is very true. The money should have been spent on Wycombe's A&E. We have been shafted full stop! Doesn’t matter what political colour Government is in power, all of them have now shafted us in Wycombe. Not long till the bulldozers come rollin' in at this rate. Darren Hayday

2:09pm Wed 8 Aug 12

Kitty-Kitty says...

and where are these "thousands of emergency patients from the south of Bucks" going to park? Hope they're going to include extra parking space in their plans - it's a nightmare trying to park there as it is!
and where are these "thousands of emergency patients from the south of Bucks" going to park? Hope they're going to include extra parking space in their plans - it's a nightmare trying to park there as it is! Kitty-Kitty

4:12pm Thu 9 Aug 12

Scarletto says...

A thousand pities we've lost so much from Wycombe Hospital but IF the expansion at SM goes ahead then we should all grudgingly applaud it. At times SM's casualty dept is under siege from so many people waiting - and waiting - with bleeds, groans and pains. Once saw a scene like this on MASH.
A thousand pities we've lost so much from Wycombe Hospital but IF the expansion at SM goes ahead then we should all grudgingly applaud it. At times SM's casualty dept is under siege from so many people waiting - and waiting - with bleeds, groans and pains. Once saw a scene like this on MASH. Scarletto

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