The exciting vision for the new University Hospital Monklands is continuing to develop through a series of departmental design workshops.
Fiona Cowan, Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) clinical lead – nursing, said: “It’s great to receive feedback that informs the changes required from our colleagues during the workshops and to see the departmental designs taking shape.
“Following the approval of Wester Moffat as the preferred site for the new Monklands, we’re reviewing and refreshing the designs that were developed prior to site selection.
“Wester Moffat provides some welcome new design opportunities inside and outside the hospital, and also ensures we can achieve the clinical model which has been at the heart of our project since its inception.
“Staff from each department under discussion are taking part in workshops along with infection prevention & control colleagues. They’re joined by the project architects, members of the MRP team and our healthcare planners and lead advisors.
“With the help of our services and partners such as Maggie’s Lanarkshire, community representatives have been invited to the first workshop for public-facing departments. This allows us to receive input on the design from the perspective of patients, carers and visitors.”
The workshops are part of the development of a reference design for the new Monklands. A reference design provides a blueprint for what the new hospital will look like and allows NHS Lanarkshire to price it ahead of submission of the outline business case. This will also allow the potential contractors who will eventually bid to build the new hospital to understand the requirements and complete the detailed design.
Departmental layouts are being reviewed at workshops between April and July for:
• anaesthetic department;
• assessment areas;
• cancer unit;
• clinical research facility;
• command & control;
• critical care;
• emergency department;
• endoscopy;
• haematology;
• inpatient wards (generic);
• infectious diseases;
• labs;
• medical illustration;
• outpatients & programmed investigation unit;
• outpatient dialysis unit & renal ward;
• occupational health;
• offices & admin;
• peri-operative areas;
• pharmacy;
• post-grad on-call;
• radiology;
• radiotherapy;
• research & education.
