Phase one of the new emergency department at Boston's Pilgrim Hospital set to open

Interviews ahead of the opening of phase one of the new emergency department at Boston's Pilgrim Hospital.

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00:00In 2019, when the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson came to visit Boston Hospital,

00:06he then committed £21.3 million to the Trust for us to build this wonderful emergency department

00:14that we've been able to build. A total of £49 million it's cost to build this department

00:20when we've finished it all. This is the first phase.

00:23And I think when people come, they'll see our staff, patients, residents of Boston

00:29and the surrounding area will see. It's three times the size of the current stroke old department.

00:37I think if you speak to anyone, residents, staff, anyone that's visited the department,

00:43they'll say it's long overdue.

00:51We're excited and delighted to open the emergency department, this first phase in the development.

00:57This is a well-needed investment for our community.

01:07One of the biggest issues we've had in the previous emergency department was the size of it.

01:12Because we had our doctors who wanted to deliver excellent healthcare and we had patients who

01:17deserved and needed a bigger space to receive the healthcare from.

01:21But we just did not have the place to deliver that healthcare we wanted to deliver.

01:26But with this new emergency department, we have plugged that hole.

01:30To us, it is a marriage of all these three elements

01:32where our doctors can deliver those excellent health cares.

01:36They want to deliver two more patients who need them

01:38and in a place that is suited for that.