Lindum completes Boston hospital ward refurb as part of £1.8m project

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A new stroke ward has opened at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital as part of an ongoing capital investment project by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT).

The unit has moved down a floor, to Ward 8B on the eighth level of the Sibsey Road main hospital tower block, following a major refurbishment by Lincolnshire construction company Lindum.

The move is part of the £1.8 million ‘Big Change’ project, which has involved the reconfiguration of emergency care and ambulatory services at Pilgrim, to help speed up the flow of patients coming through and ease pressures on its A&E department.

The new state-of-the-art ward will be home to Pilgrim’s specialist stroke team, which was crowned Clinical Team of the Year at the hospital’s staff awards earlier this year.

The new ward offers patients 24 beds, with a bespoke thrombolysis room and rehabilitation gym and a suite of brand new computers.

The entire Big Change programme is a reconfiguration of some of Pilgrim’s current services with the aim of improving the patient experience and journey through the hospital, in addition to alleviating pressure on its emergency department ensuring patients do not experience long waits in A&E.

It will also create more opportunities for different staff specialties including more consultant physicians, nurses, and occupational therapy and pharmacy posts.

Work to transform the ward would usually take around 22 weeks but was completed by Lindum in just 14 weeks so the service could be up and running as soon as possible.

Contracts Manager Shaun Cass said: “A project such as this – on a live hospital site – involves constant communication with the client and it is vital that we keep them informed of the work we are doing and how we are doing it.

“The hospital staff seemed very happy with our work when we handed back the building, ready for the Trust to complete its clinical clean before the first patients arrived.

“As a Lincolnshire construction company, we are very happy to be helping to improve services for local people and where possible, we made an effort to use local labour and the local supply chain too.”