LHCH Delighted to Open Two New Wards

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Merseyside’s specialist heart and chest centre, has officially opened two new wards.

It comes as part of a considerable investment made to expand the hospital's services for patients and families.

Sir Bruce Keogh, National Medical Director at NHS England, was delighted to formally open the new facilities at the event on Friday 13th May.

Cherry Ward is a new 10 bedded ward specialising in the care of patients, from the age of 16 years, with cystic fibrosis.

The ward was developed as part of plans to expand the Trust’s services and to ensure that it was fully in line with the latest national guidance. The Trust is delighted that all its patients with cystic fibrosis now have individual rooms with en-suite facilities, as well as a comfortable seating area and modern ‘home from home’ facilities.

Mulberry Ward has 12 side rooms, five of which have their own en-suite bathrooms, and provides care for pre-operative cardiac surgical and thoracic patients, and also looks after post-operative cardiac patients awaiting discharge.

The Ward is also home to the Trust’s new Discharge Lounge, which was opened specifically to help ensure increasing numbers of patients are discharged home before lunchtime, instead of long waits that leave a poor impression after receiving otherwise excellent care and treatment.

Photos: Sir Bruce Keogh officially opening Mulberry Ward (left) with Ward Manager Julie Cartwright, and Cherry Ward (right) with Ward Manager, Sandra Wilson.