A £22 million state-of-the-art intensive care unit that will provide
22 new beds for the south's most critically ill patients has opened
at UHS. It features a specialist rehabilitation area where patients
can now have physiotherapy without the need to be taken to
another part of the hospital.
The £5 million project to build a new Children's Emergency
Department as the result of generous support from the public for
Southampton Hospital Charity and our partnership with The
Murray Parish Trust, been completed. It's a new child friendly and
stimulating environment with elements to enhance the care of
patients and make them feel safe and secure.
Our investment in IT transformation continues, partly funded by
national monies awarded through our recognition as a 'global
digital exemplar'. The informatics team at UHS Digital has
overseen the development of a wide range of pioneering projects
to improve the delivery of healthcare services and improve patient
outcomes.
Working in partnership with trusts from across the South, we are
the lead organisation of the Wessex NHS Genomic Medicine
Centre (GMC). The Wessex NHS GMC is one of 13 centres across
the country involved in the national 100,000 Genome Project and
serves 3.5 million people from Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Isle
of Wight and parts of Somerset, Surrey and Sussex.