A ground-breaking ceremony was held today to mark the start of the main construction of the new community hospital for the East Riding at Swinemoor Lane, Beverley. For the full story click here and for more on today’s event visit BBC Humberside. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full size [nggallery id=1266] HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to…
A ground-breaking ceremony tomorrow – Tuesday 1 March 2011 – will mark the start of the main construction for the outstanding new community hospital for the East Riding at Swinemoor Lane, Beverley. Karen Knapton, Chairman of NHS East Riding of Yorkshire, will officially break the ground for the main hospital building joined by local Community Hospital Liaison Committee representatives and others who have been closely involved in the project. Following…
As the snowy weather conditions continue, health officials are asking the public not to use A&E services unless absolutely necessary. NHS East Riding of Yorkshire’s Head of Emergency Planning, Mike McDermott, said: “The area’s A&E departments are under extreme pressure at the moment and staff need to be able to concentrate their efforts on those people with serious life-threatening illnesses or injuries. It is likely that we will see an…
Health service continuity in light of the adverse weather Due to the severe weather conditions, a number of local health services have been affected and/or are running a limited service. · Community services In Hull and the East Riding, community services (including district nursing, intermediate care and health visiting) will be prioritising patients with urgent care needs. Routine, non-urgent visits and clinics will not be taking place. · Health centres…
The local Safeguarding Children Boards of Hull and East Riding have joined forces with local campaigner Louise Barrett to highlight the risks associated with co-sleeping this winter. Infant deaths associated with co-sleeping appear to rise across the UK over the winter months*, and Child Death Overview Panels in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire want to emphasise the key risks to parents to help reduce infant deaths where co-sleeping…
Meet the team behind the new Community Hospital for the East Riding at Swinemoor Lane, Beverley. The recent open day at Beverley Westwood Hospital gave local residents, groups and hospital staff a chance to view the building materials for the new Hospital, including the living green roof. Representatives from NHS East Riding of Yorkshire and developer Interserve Health were on hand to answer questions about the construction programme. Pre-construction and…
Advanced Practitioner Mary Wilson has scooped the public award for her outstanding care for patients in the East Riding of Yorkshire NHS Star Awards. Pocklington patient Sue Anthony nominated Mary for the award saying: “If I had to sum up Mary in a few words they would be that she is gentle, supportive, thorough, reliable, helpful and professional. She always gives at the highest possible level of care and is…
Beverley and Holderness MP, Graham Stuart, said he hoped as many people as possible would get along to a public event showing what the new East Riding Community Hospital will look like from the outside. The event, which will be held on Wednesday, October 6 at Temperton House, Beverley Westwood Hospital has been arranged to show which materials will be used on the exterior of the building. It will be…
NHS Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority has given its approval for the full business case for the new community hospital for the East Riding. This secures capital funding for the development to go ahead at Swinemoor Lane, Beverley. This announcement follows the reserved matters planning approval granted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council last month. The scheme will now progress as planned. Measures to safeguard protected species on site…
New Community Hospital for the East Riding gets the go ahead from Planning Committee A new 21st century community hospital to serve the people of the East Riding has taken a major step forward today. Members of East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Planning Committee have voted to approve the detail of the design, subject to the conclusion of the consultation period which ends today. Plans to build a new £19…
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire is to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Longcroft School on Thursday 15 July 2010 from 6 pm. The new East Riding Public Health Vehicle will be visiting Longcroft School during the day. Students will be coming aboard for healthy cooking, the ‘venda blenda’ cycle smoothie-making challenge and sports development activities. Parents and members of the public will be able to visit the vehicle…
A special preview of detailed plans for the proposed new community hospital for the East Riding of Yorkshire will take place on 27 May 2010 at Temperton House, Beverley Westwood Hospital between 12 noon and 7 pm. Visitors will also be able to view a video ‘fly-through’ of the new building and meet the team behind the proposed new development. The reserved matters planning application is to be submitted to…
Next week a team from NHS East Riding of Yorkshire is taking to the road for a five day tour of the region to tell people all about patient choice and the NHS constitution. Since 1 April 2008, patients who are referred to see a specialist, have the right to choose to receive treatment at any hospital in England where their care is funded by the NHS. This includes NHS…
East Riding of Yorkshire will be commencing an Insight Poll across the area to gain further insight into public opinion of Primary care. The aim of the survey is to establish public opinion on dental and pharmaceutical care and general practice at a local level. A random sample of residents across the East Riding will be involved in the survey activity in order to ensure a fair representation of responses…
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire invites you to come along and find out more about our plans to develop a new community hospital for the East Riding on Swinemoor Lane, Beverley. The hospital will offer modern facilities for local people in a welcoming, open, landscaped setting that is sympathetic to the local rural environment of the nearby Swine Moor. The new hospital will be a flagship development for the East…
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire has appointed Interserve Health as lead development partner for the construction of the new Community Hospital in Beverley. The hospital will provide an exceptional range of inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic services in a 21st century environment for patients, staff and visitors. Interserve Health will lead a team that includes Aedas Architects, Capita Symonds, and Curtins Consulting, together with its own in-house engineering, healthcare planning and…
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire is delighted to announce that it has today secured an ‘option to purchase’ a 10.2 acre site at Swinemoor Lane, Beverley for the location of the new Community Hospital serving Beverley and surrounding area. The site is owned at present by Beverley Consolidated Charity. The new £17 million hospital will provide an exceptional range of inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic services in a 21st century environment…
