By Anna Whittaker, Local Democracy Reporter
A huge survey of people in Nottinghamshire is being conducted as part of a major development for local hospitals.
Nottingham University Hospitals ‘Tomorrow’s NUH’ is a ‘major programme’ which will see the “old and tired” hospital buildings transformed.
Lucy Dadge, Chief Commissioning Officer for the area’s Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), said it was “the most significant development to health services in Nottingham for the next generation”.
Nottinghamshire University Hospitals, made up of Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital, has been chosen as one of 40 major hospitals to be funded by the Government to make the changes.
From February 2022, a 12-week public consultation will take place on the plans, through a mix of questionnaires, local groups, phone consultations and focus groups.
The Trust hopes to survey people who will be “most impacted”, including those who currently use hospital services regularly and people whose travel time would be impacted by the changes.
Ms Dadge told a Health Committee meeting at County Hall on July 13: “We will lead a process of engaging with our citizens to ensure that the money that is eventually invested in Nottinghamshire provides the highest possible care in the location that is both safest and most successful.
“Colleagues at the hospital will also be sure that the oldest parts of our estate – some of you will know that City Hospital dates back to Victorian times – are brought up to modern day standards.”
Construction work on the major transformations will be under way at the hospitals from 2024/2025, with an expected finish date of 2029.
Andy Marshall, Deputy Medical Director at NUH, added: “I think we all recognise this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform how we care for the population in Nottingham.”
NUH has previously said there is some unnecessary duplication of services across both sites, which needs to change, and its ‘ageing’ estate is making it difficult to deliver modern healthcare.
