Hospital apologises for any disruption during £7m department makeover

The A&E Department run by Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is to be transformed over the next 18 months, with brand new facilities for walk-in patients, children, and patients requiring urgent and emergency care.

One of the main problems for the hospital is the number of people turning up at accident and emergency with a problem which could be treated by their GP, or other form of primary care.

To try and reduce the number, the hospital has embarked on the redevelopment, dividing walk-in patients from emergency ambulance admissions.

For the next six weeks, walk-in patients will access the department via the existing main hospital front entrance. A new entrance will then become available.

Duncan Taylor, Deputy Director of Infrastructure and Development at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “There will be significant disruption to the ground floor of Hull Royal Infirmary while we construct the new state-of-the-art department.

“From 8am today, walk-in patients will access the hospital via our main front entrance rather than the side of the tower block as they had done previously. This will be clearly sign-posted.

“We apologise for any inconvenience during the construction of our brand new department.”

NHS Hull is expanding its GP service at the hospital from three days a week, to seven days a week from 10am to 10pm, and adding extra services, including mental and sexual health.