{"id":93504,"date":"2021-05-17T14:46:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T13:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=93504"},"modified":"2021-05-17T14:46:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T13:46:44","slug":"manchester-royal-infirmary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/manchester-royal-infirmary\/93504\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester Royal Infirmary reveals \u00a340m A&#038;E transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>New plans to transform the Emergency Department (ED) at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) have been given go-ahead by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchester.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City Council<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The \u00a340m renovation project will boost the capabilities of MRI, which\u00a0is a Major Trauma Centre for Greater Manchester and part of <a href=\"https:\/\/mft.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust<\/a> (MFT).<\/p>\n<p>This includes increased capacity, and a more streamlined layout to ensure patients continue to receive high-quality emergency treatment and care in an improved environment.<\/p>\n<p>Plans include the creation of six new operating theatres, which will support the hospital\u2019s developing role as a regional centre for specialist surgery. Upgraded facilities will include an expanded and improved emergency department, including 10 (up from 6) resuscitation bays and 27 (up from 16) majors cubicles.<\/p>\n<p>Integrated Health Projects (IHP), an established joint venture between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vinciconstruction.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vinci Construction UK<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sir Robert McAlpine<\/a>, has been appointed as construction partner for the new build development.<\/p>\n<p>Temporary changes to the department\u2019s access and layout will be put in place to ensure it can continue to operate fully throughout the works. In total, construction is expected to take just over three years to complete.<\/p>\n<p>Construction is expected to start later in the year.<\/p>\n<h3>Manchester is a &#8216;rapidly developing city&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Vanessa Gardener, chief executive of MRI, said: \u201cThe new operating theatres will likewise enable us to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/building-uk-hospitals\/61639\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">modernise our surgical facilities<\/a> and support our growing role as regional centre for emergency, major trauma, vascular, head and neck cancer, liver, transplant and other specialist surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Manchester City Council\u2019s approval, we look forward to carrying out the delicate and carefully planned work to make this concept a reality, while continuing to deliver high standards of care for our patients throughout the construction process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Julia Bridgewater, chief operating officer at MFT, said: \u201cMFT is the largest NHS Trust in England, with ten hospitals and a wide spread of clinical specialisms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These plans for MRI ED have been thoughtfully considered to best work in co-ordination with our other hospitals, and incorporate the capabilities of these different fields.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis major transformation project will mean patients presenting at the MRI ED can be seen by the right people and receive the right treatment quicker in a much-improved patient environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New plans to transform the Emergency Department (ED) at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) have been given go-ahead by Manchester City Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[594,676,997,276,274,17747,996,649,669],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-93504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building-design","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-development","10":"tag-government","11":"tag-health-social-care","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-nhs","14":"tag-planning-applications","15":"tag-regeneration"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester Royal Infirmary reveals \u00a340m A&amp;E transformation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New plans to transform the Emergency Department (ED) at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) have been given go-ahead by Manchester City Council\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/manchester-royal-infirmary\/93504\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manchester Royal Infirmary reveals \u00a340m A&amp;E transformation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New plans to transform the Emergency Department (ED) at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) have been given go-ahead by Manchester City Council\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/manchester-royal-infirmary\/93504\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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