New Discharge Lounge

We secured £2millon in 2023 from NHS England to help free up hospital beds by creating a new, larger discharge lounge facility for patients that are waiting for their medication or transport once they are medically fit to leave hospital.

The funding was used to install a single-storey modular building in front of North Wing Entrance 2.

Known as the Portesham Unit, the new building provides a much larger, purpose-built space for patients to stay while they wait to be discharged, freeing up inpatient beds in the meantime for patients who need to be admitted. It also includes additional, flexible clinical space with side rooms and bed bays.