Scene outside Walsall Manor A&E after canopy demolition
This is the scene outside Walsall Manor Hospital where work is continuing on a multi-million pound renovation.
An overnight demolition took place to bring down the canopy outside the A&E on Wednesday night.
Interserve Construction has been appointed to build the development which will incorporate a new Emergency Department with “front door” access to a new Urgent Treatment Centre and Paediatric Assessment Unit within it.
The first floor will then provide a new Acute Medical Unit along with a Medical Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit, within the refurbished existing Emergency Department footprint.
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is expecting a yearly increase in ED attendances of more than 10,000 patients once the Midland Metropolitan Hospital is open in 2022 and the new development is a much-needed improvement on the trust’s current, significantly outdated department.
