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extension to our Emergency Department at Altnagelvin to assist not only with the safe flow of patients but also to create more space for our ED staff .
“ It has been well documented that our existing Emergency Department , which opened in 1985 and was designed for a maximum of 35,000 to 40,000 annual attendances is no longer adequate to deal with the 70-80,000 annual at tendances currently or to provide a safe working environment for our staff .
“ The segregated COVID and Non-COVID pathways , coupled with the predicted annual 5 % growth in patient numbers has been temporarily addressed by this new modular extension until the strategic new build proposals under Phase 5.2a at Altnagelvin are approved and progressed on site .
Dr Brendan Lavery , Lead Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Altnagelvin Hospital said : “ This new modular building has created additional space and the reconfiguration of the Emergency Department necessary to implement COVID and Non-COVID pathways in order to enhance safety of both staff and patients .
“ The Emergency Department is the key component part of a whole system approach to managing emergency and unscheduled care . Having the right environment is essential to facilitating effective patient flow , allowing emergency and unscheduled care services to operate as part of an integrated health system .”
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