Recent Work to Increase Capacity

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

• A new 12 bed clinical decisions unit – opened early November 2014
• A new inpatient and outpatient discharge facility – opened early November 2014
• Provision of 28 medical beds (on ward 3), following a pilot to move stroke services to Lewisham – completed early November 2014
• A Surgical Assessment Unit (ward 12) – opened December 2014

University Hospital Lewisham

• A new 24 bed stroke ward (Maple Ward) – opened early November 2014
• A winter pressures ward with 20 escalation beds (Sapphire Ward) – opened early November 2014
• A new Surgical Assessment Unit – opened January 2015

Queen Mary’s Hospital

• Expanded the number of escalation beds from 20 to 34 – from December 2014