New Children’s Emergency Care Unit to open on Monday

June 12, 2020

Our Children’s Emergency Care Unit (CECU) will open for its first patient on Monday morning – leading to more efficient and streamlined care for our young patients. The £1.2 million development has taken eight months to build and is based at City Hospital. All children will be seen in one area which will mean patients will have access to paediatric and ED colleagues in a more timely manner. The area is separate from the emergency department where adults are treated – so it will be safer and more child friendly in décor and ethos. The Trust invested in the new facility to ensure best care delivered in line with National guidelines. It replaces a separate paediatrics assessment unit (PAU) based on D19 at the end of the main hospital spine and children’s ED which was co-located within the main accident and emergency department at the front of the hospital.