PLANNING chiefs have given the go-ahead for a two-storey extension to the emergency department at Warrington Hospital.
The proposals put forward by Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will provide improved facilities within the emergency department in Appleton Wing to enable the hospital to cope with present and future demand.
Clinical and staff areas will be separated where possible to provide clear, legible accommodation for patients and staff and an improved assessment/treatment area to provide better patient experience.
An enclosed plant space will be located on the flat roof of the new building.
The extension has been designed in consultation with hospital staff and user groups.
It will be to the south of Appleton Wing in an area currently covered in tarmacadam where there are six disabled parking spaces and an ambulance drop-off area. Some re-routing of traffic routes within the hospital grounds will be necessary.
Appleton Wing was built in the early 1970s to provide outpatient facilities. Over the past 50 years there have been a number of alterations and additions, the most notable being a single-storey extension to the A&E department in the early 2000s
