£25m A&E plan for Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital
A new £25 million accident and emergency department is to be built at Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital, under proposals unveiled today aimed at reducing waiting times for patients.
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Hospital bosses want to replace the existing A&E department to cope with rising numbers of patients as part of a wider £60m improvement plan.
The department currently helps around 110,000 people a year but could be expanded under the new plans. The proposals have been announced after the hospital's board was told that 95 per cent target for patients being discharged or admitted within four hours of arriving at A&E was being missed. More ambulances are coming to New Cross because of the overnight closure of Stafford Hospital's A&E.
