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MRI suite will then be where ‘Ultrasound’ formerly was.” The new MRI is due to be delivered in June, and will be located close to ‘ED’ within the existing Radiology Department.” The hospital already has two CT scanners and an MRI, as well as a mobile MRI in a car park, which will no longer be needed once the new, permanent, second machine is in situ. Moving to another recent development,
Rob Few said: “We will also have a new Education Centre in New Alderley House above the Mammography Suite, a £1.6 m investment being created very much in line with the Trust’s aspirations for Macclesfield District General Hospital to become a teaching hospital.”
New cancer centre Meanwhile, in December 2021 a new cancer centre had been completed on the Macclesfield site in partnership with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. This has not only improved local cancer care, but also freed up some of the space required within the hospital for the new Elective Treatment Centre. The two-storey, £30 m cancer therapy facility, called The Christie in Macclesfield, includes Outpatients’, Chemotherapy, Radiography, two linear accelerators, a CT scanner, and support services. A facility Rob Few described as a ‘fantastic new cancer treatment centre’ was predominantly funded by The Christie charity, and built by VINCI Construction.
‘ED’ refurbishment project He added: “Another important project here at Macclesfield District General Hospital, which is starting as we speak, is a full refurbishment of our Emergency Department - Phase 2 of the Elective Treatment Centre project - which will take 12 months to deliver. This will aim to improve both the patient pathway and the patient experience, and fully support the elective treatment centre pathway, with a separate children’s area, new ‘resus’ facilities, and additional capacity – with three extra consulting rooms, making 14 in total.” He added: “Our ‘ED’ is already incredibly busy, and in fact there are eight separate phases to undertake to complete the refurbishment.” The refurbished and enhanced ED will be fully ventilated, with new medical gases, medical IT and UPS, complete re-wiring, and new lighting.” The existing Emergency Department was – Rob Few explained – not only struggling capacity-wise, but couldn’t achieve the Infection Prevention and Control team’s criteria in some key respects – for example around ventilation. He elaborated: “The existing ventilation only provides minimal fresh air requirements, without the correct air exchange rates or appropriately filtered air. While the existing Emergency Department’s windows provide some natural ventilation, the central core rooms receive only minimum fresh air
Above and left: A full refurbishment of the Emergency Department at the Macclesfield District General Hospital will aim to improve both the patient pathway and the patient experience, while supporting the elective treatment centre pathway.
Below and right: Visuals of the new Elective Treatment Centre at Macclesfield District General Hospital.
Above and left: Interior ‘visuals’ of the enhanced Endoscopy Department at the Macclesfield site.
Above and left: Interior rendered views of the new £1.6 m Education Centre.
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