Building Our Future Together We’ve got an exciting few months ahead of us at LUHFT as changes take place around all our hospitals to ensure our patients are being seen in the right place at the right time. These changes include site developments and investment, department moves and integration of services. We now have a new Building Our Future Together website, www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ building-our-future-together/ where colleagues can get the latest information, as work can be changing rapidly. Building Our Future Together roadshows will also be taking place to help colleagues familiarise themselves with the changes taking place. The roadshows will include updates from senior leaders about site moves, integration and the future of our organisation.
What’s happening now? New Royal • We’re finalising the New Royal floorplan, including desk allocations for non-clinical staff in the main building and the Edwards Building • Outpatient rooms are being allocated and floorplans finalised and we’re also looking at Theatre plans and bed allocation • Site visits for leaders of departments to view their new location will be starting. Team managers can email Janet Paul to arrange a site visit – we are expecting more access to the New Royal from July, so that teams can be familiarised with their new workspace • We have a 24-day move plan and are talking to individual teams to form a detailed plan for each department’s move • Induction booklets have been created to support transfers, appropriate training and help teams familiarise themselves with the new hospital. They will be shared in July.
Aintree reconfiguration We are investing £53 million at Aintree to reconfigure the ‘front door’ of the hospital to support the timely flow of patients and ensure they have access to appropriate care in the right place at the right time. • Service and department moves at Aintree will be starting soon • We are aiming to get all of the services in place at Aintree in line with the move into the new Royal • Some of teams moving at Aintree include orthopaedics, general surgery in-patient beds, Stroke Assessment Unit, AEC, Acute Medical Assessment, frailty, Emergency General Surgery Unit and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit • This reconfiguration will allow easier medical assessment of and transfer of patients to different areas and out of the Emergency Department more efficiently.
Have your say about where care and treatment happens We are proposing some changes to our Breast, General Surgery, Nephrology, Urology and Vascular services. Between 7 June and 2 August 2022, the NHS in Knowsley, Liverpool, South Sefton, and Southport and Formby is holding a public consultation about these proposals. These are the main local areas that use our services, however as patients also come from other areas, everyone is invited to take part in the consultation. We understand many members of staff might also be our patients, and that you or your family could be affected by these proposals, 4 | LUHFT Life
so ensure you have your say in this public consultation. There will also be a staff consultation taking place for those of you that may be affected in your work. For more information or to share your views by completing the questionnaire online visit www. futureLUHFT.nhs.uk.
