Boston Pilgrim Hospital: Work under way on new emergency unit

Work has started on the construction of a multimillion-pound emergency department at a Lincolnshire hospital.

The building next to the existing emergency department at Boston Pilgrim Hospital has been demolished.

A £35m transformation will see the facility treble in size, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust said.

The current emergency department will relocate into the new building in early-2025 once works are completed.

Foundations have been laid and the concrete infrastructure is being installed for the new two-storey building.

When it is complete, the existing department will be rebuilt before the two areas merge in 2026.

More cubicles to treat patients and a larger resuscitation zone for the sickest patients will be offered at the new unit.

There will be a separate area dedicated to providing emergency care for the hospital's youngest patients and their families.

It will also have a new X-ray and CT scanner and more training spaces available to help staff develop.

In 2019, Boris Johnson, prime minister at the time, visited the hospital and announced it had been granted £21.3m to build the new emergency department.

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