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.