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Article: Extension planned for infirmary a&e department ; Hull Royal Infirmary's accident and emergency department is to undergo major alterations to ensure it can cope with increasing demands.
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- Hull Daily Mail (UK)
- Article date:
- February 16, 2009
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Hull Royal Infirmary's accident and emergency department is to
undergo major alterations to ensure it can cope with increasing
demands.
The department at the Anlaby Road site in west Hull was built in
1967, expecting to handle 55,000 patients a year.
It has been extended twice, once in 1992 to create a paediatric
A&E area and in 1995 to extend the waiting room. However, the
department now sees 120,000 patients every year.
At least pounds500,000 is to be spent on increasing the size of
A&E.
Although specific plans have not yet been confirmed, Hull and
East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is considering a number of
options.
These could include changes to the layout of the department, an ...