South East Wales Hospitals Progress Is Encouraging
Health Minister Edwina Hart has visited two major hospital developments in South East Wales to see progress on construction.
Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan in Ebbw Vale, which received £53.7million funding from the Assembly Government, is due to be the first major regeneration project to be completed on the former Corus steelworks site.
The Minister attended the topping out ceremony earlier this year, where she placed the final bolt on the top of the building and work has continued at pace since then. The hospital, which will have 107 en-suite rooms, is set to open in the autumn of 2010 and is now in an advanced state of construction.
The Minister also visited the Cynon Valley Neighbourhood Healthcare Facility in Mountain Ash to see how construction is progressing there.
The £66million Assembly Government-funded hospital will replace outdated facilities in Mountain Ash and Aberdare Hospitals. The 128-bed facility will include an 18-chair dental unit offering dental services to 10,000 patients. This includes two chairs for children and special needs patients in the area. The new hospital is set to be complete and open to patients early in 2011.
Mrs Hart said:
“I am pleased to see the speed at which these two developments are progressing. In only six months, the sites have transformed and it is really encouraging to witness first hand how the hospitals are taking shape.
“By consolidating a range of services on these sites from primary care to inpatient, outpatient, maternity and GPs’ out-of-hours services, patients will receive better care with a better use of staff and equipment.
“The new Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan is the first hospital to have all single en-suite rooms to improve privacy and reduce the risk of infection.
“The Cynon Valley hospital will have a mix of 50 per cent single en-suite rooms and four-bedded single-sex en-suite bays.
“This is a significant milestone in improving access to healthcare in the South Wales Valleys. These two developments will mean that more services will be available locally, reducing the need to travel and help reduce pressure of other hospitals in the region.”
Topics: funding, Hart, health care, hospital, outdated facilities, Wales
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