New hospital

Transforming through digital

“When we open, we want to be the most technological and digitally enabled hospital in the UK, allowing us to transform the care we deliver and the experience of our people.”

That’s the challenge set by our chief executive, Lance McCarthy, and one we are very much focused on delivering.

Our new hospital offers an incredibly exciting opportunity to deliver our models of care in new and innovative ways, benefiting both patients and our people.

A hospital for the future

Hospitals of the future will be high-tech, and will rely on virtual and remote services whenever there is patient benefit in doing so. Our recent experiences with COVID-19 have seen us all embracing digital like never before. There is a lot we have learned from these new ways of working over the last 12 months, and a lot more we can do going forward.

Digital by design

We have the huge advantage of being one of the few hospitals in the New Hospital Programme (NHP) to be working on a complete new build. This means we are able to think beyond the confines of our current building and its operational constraints, and instead, combine smart building technologies with cutting edge medical technologies and data sharing capabilities to transform all elements of the patient journey.

Improving outcomes through innovation

Virtual monitoring, diagnosis and care will be as much a part of tomorrow’s hospitals as X-ray machines and scanners are of today’s.

“Everything from the moment people arrive at the hospital to the way they move through the building, how their treatment is provided and the way in which the building itself is managed will all be supported by new technology and digital solutions. It is really going to be the future of a modern healthcare experience”

Michael Meredith, director of strategy and estates

Patients will only need to come to hospital when necessary, using remote technology to consult and keep track of their health, and with care delivered in or closer to home.

Clinical staff will be able to rely on the most up-to-date and effective intelligence to inform clinical diagnosis, decision-making, prevention, treatment and care planning.

Using machine learning, artificial intelligence and technology-driven systems and tools, the new hospital will make the latest and best information available at the touch of a button.

We will work closely with our integrated care system (ICS) partners to use the latest technologies to build a Learning Health System that will improve and inform clinical practice and population health through continuous learning and access to up-the-minute data.