{"id":106856,"date":"2022-03-03T14:24:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T14:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=106856"},"modified":"2023-05-02T19:33:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:33:40","slug":"queens-hospital-state-of-the-art-jubilee-itu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/queens-hospital-state-of-the-art-jubilee-itu\/106856\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen’s Hospital opens new \u00a37.5m state-of-the-art Jubilee ITU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queen\u2019s Hospital in Romford has opened a new state-of-the-art ITU named \u2018Jubilee ITU\u2019, in honour of the Queen\u2019s historic 70-year reign<\/h2>\n

A state-of-the-art Jubilee ITU has been designed to help manage critical care demand in the local area.<\/p>\n

As part of an \u00a311.5m investment to upgrade and expand critical care departments<\/a>, the Jubilee ITU is managed by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Another investment of \u00a34m has been put into upgrading King George Hospital with work expected to be finished by the end of March 2022.<\/p>\n

\"state-of-the-art<\/p>\n

‘Our new Jubilee ITU will help us treat our sickest patients’<\/h3>\n

BHRUT chair Jacqui Smith said: \u201cOur new Jubilee ITU will help us treat our sickest patients in a state-of-the-art environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will also play a key role as we continue to reduce surgical waiting lists as the increase in beds provides flexibility to treat people who have been waiting for operations faster.\u201d<\/p>\n

Key features of the purpose-built ITU include:<\/h3>\n