The Royal Bournemouth Hospital is celebrating another landmark event today.
As from midnight, the hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) moved to the new state of the art BEACH Building – just 100 metres away.
It’s now open with entrances for walk-ins, cars, and ambulances.
The new six-storey BEACH building is the size of 115 tennis courts.
It’s known as the ‘BEACH’ for Birth, Emergency, Critical Care and Children’s Health Department.
The building houses new purpose-built maternity and children’s units, an improved major emergency department and one of the biggest critical care units in the country.
It forms part of a £500 million investment in local health services.
Poole Hospital’s ED and Urgent Treatment Centre continues to operate as normal.
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