Revamp plan for Bangor hospital
NEARLY £14m to revamp Ysbyty Gwynedd’s A&E department, to help treat up to 70,000 patients a year has been approved.
Funding just announced will pay for extra triage rooms and resuscitation areas as well as more treatment rooms at the hospital in Bangor. Other improvements will see paediatrics facilities and waiting rooms updated.
Arfon AM Siân Gwenllian said the current department is “way too small and outdated” for the 52,000 patients who use the service each year.
She added: “This had been a long time coming and I wish to thank all those who have vigorously pursued the need for brand new facilities and have campaigned with me to get this investment.
“The people of north west Wales will now be much better served and I am particularly pleased that children will be treated in a separate area.
“I wish to thank the staff who have delivered a fantastic service here for many years despite second rate facilities.
“They will now face the difficult task of maintaining the service during the transformation and construction phase but I’m convinced that the upheaval will be well worth it in the end. I look forward to seeing the project commence next month.”
The current unit was built in 1984 to treat around 20,000 patients a year but in 2015-16 some 52,217 patients passed through its doors. Improvements include:A single point of entry to the department Three triage rooms A four-bay resuscitation area plus a separate isolation bay with external access
Eight cubicles plus two treatment rooms Eight chairs in minor injuries An assessment unit including relatives’ waiting room
Paediatrics facilities including three assessment rooms and dedicated waiting areas