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Lunch and learn – sharing the progress at Midland Met

June 30, 2023

Thank you to all those who participated in the recent lunch and learn sessions focused on the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital. Your active engagement and valuable contributions have made these sessions immensely fruitful, and we are grateful for your continued support.

As promised, we would like to provide a brief recap of the key discussion points covered during these sessions. The purpose of these lunch and learn sessions was to delve into the changes and developments surrounding the Midland Met programme, fostering a deeper understanding among all colleagues.

Attached to this message is a copy of the presentation shared at the session, but we would like to take the opportunity to summarise some of the questions that were covered.

  • Will there be agile work areas at Midland Met? Yes, there will be approximately 230 agile working desks, these will largely be dedicated to acute clinical teams and their administrative colleagues. There will be home admin zones for specialties / departments that includes a small meeting / interview room. In addition, colleagues will have access to approximately 15-20 bookable seminar rooms, a lecture theatre as well as the Winter Garden on the 5th floor that colleagues are welcome to use.
  • Are we recruiting more roles at Midland Met? The Trust board have agreed to 484 more staff at Midland Met and there are a number of active recruitment campaigns underway to support us in being fully staffed.
  • What will the transport links to Midland Met be? Whilst Midland Met has been designed to accommodate plenty of covered parking within the building for staff and patients, there are a number of programmes to support sustainable travel. Bike lanes from Sandwell and Birmingham will converge on Midland Met, the canals are being redeveloped to offer a scenic route to site and buses will be regularly scheduled, arriving and departing from the front of Midland Met. We are working with Transport for West Midlands on the public transport routes with potential for on site bus stops and a new bus route.
  • Can we get a tour of the inside of the new hospital? Whilst Midland Met is still an active construction site tours are limited to mainly Fridays with small groups. To book a tour please contact projectoffice@nhs.net. As we progress through to building handover, all colleagues will be able to visit the site and see their department and the other public areas. We will also be making regular videos available showing progress, colleagues can tour the site using our virtual reality sets or simply keep up to date with progress on staff comms or through our dedicated Midland Met Facebook group.
  • What is the learning campus that’s been mentioned to be developed on the Midland Met site? The learning campus is a major new education and skills resource, developed in partnership with several further and higher education providers, that will be being developed on the Midland Met estate offering training from entry level to level 7 skills. It will be linked to the new hospital and focussed on widening participation in education. Find out more about the development on the learning campus consultation website:  https://mmuhlearningcampus.co.uk/

As we move forward, we encourage you to continue engaging in future lunch and learn sessions. These sessions will provide us with further opportunities to delve into key aspects of the programme, share updates, and address any further questions or concerns that may arise. Colleagues can send any ideas for discussion topics or questions they have to swbh.mmuh@nhs.net

Dates for future Lunch and Learn sessions: