New hospital unit opens its doors to patients
A new £1 million unit at University Hospital Crosshouse is helping to improve patients’ experience when they attend for a surgical procedure.
A new ‘surgical same day admission’ unit has opened its doors and means patients who require a planned inpatient surgical procedure can now attend hospital on the day of their operation directly through this unit. Previously, patients would come into the ward first, often the day before their procedure spending a night there, unnecessarily in most cases. Once the patient has had their surgery, they recover on the appropriate hospital ward until their discharge.
The new unit has six consulting rooms, separate male and female waiting areas and general support areas. It has been built next to the theatre/day surgery area and provides a calm, professional modern environment for patients awaiting surgery.
Crosshouse Hospital volunteers provided the funding for the building of the new unit which cost approximately £1 million. It was opened by consultant orthopaedic surgeon Mr Gavin Tait.
Sandra Mabon, Crosshouse Hospital volunteers manager, said: ‘We were delighted to allocate funds of almost £1m to build this new unit.
‘Our dedicated volunteers work tirelessly throughout the year supporting patients, visitors and staff at University Hospital Crosshouse by running the shop, the tea bar and providing a trolley service.
All our profits are given back to the hospital for exactly this type of new development.’
Liz Moore, director for acute services, said: ‘I would like to acknowledge the enormous contribution by our hospital volunteers in providing the funding for this new unit. At all times, our volunteers’ focus is on providing the very best for our patients, visitors and staff. We are very grateful to them for choosing to allocate their funds to this enhancement within the hospital.
‘The new unit is already providing a better environment for our patients, who no longer need to spend a night in hospital before their surgery. We know people prefer to be in their own homes if possible and this unit is ideally suited to provide that for our surgical patients.’