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Omagh Hospital and Primary Care Complex

Summer 2015 Newsletter

Progress Continues on the Construction of the New OHPCC

Works are progressing at a good pace with

significant progress visible as the blocks ascend to

first floor level. A third large crane has also been

assigned to the job.

Concrete frame and floor slabs are complete in

most blocks. Internal columns and external walls to

first floor have been completed in Blocks A, B, C

and F. Concrete has been poured in the 1st section

of the 1st floor to Block C with more sections of

floor to follow in the coming weeks.

Facing brickworks are ongoing in Blocks A, F and C.

Construction of the main car parks is due to

commence in June as the weather improves.

Over the page is more detail on the location and

services contained in each Block.

The building will consist of two floors with an area

covering 23,339 square metres (excl. roof plant).

The project will cost approximately £105m.

Equipment update

The Trust recently purchased £1.3m worth of

equipment and this is now operational in the various

departments of the Tyrone County Hospital and will

transfer across to the new building.

Work is on-going to select the built-in specialist

equipment such as theatre pendants, CT scanner,

HSDU sterilisation equipment, patient hoists and

dental chairs.

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Project Team

Project Lead – Michael MacCrossan Clinical Lead – Dr Paul McGlinchey

Assistant Project Manager – Donna McFarland Clinical Co-ordinator – Sean Collins

Admin Support – Sharon Kerr/Siobhan Gilmour/Marian Mellon

Contact Details :- Project Office, DBS Building, Capital Strategic Development

Directorate, T&F Hospital, 1 Donaghanie Road, Omagh, BT79 0NS

Office Contact Numbers :

(DDI) 028 8283 5966 (Internal) 235666/235669

BLOCK Ground Floor Users First Floor Users BLOCK Ground Floor Users First Floor Users

A

Deliveries, Receipt and Distribution. Pharmacy. Equipment Workshop Facilities for the deceased.

Staff Change. Near-patient testing workshop. Laundry Medical Records and Admin,

E

Three Spires Family Practice. Grange Family Practice. Strule Family Practice. Multi-faith Room. Main Reception, Switchboard, porters. Café.

Community Mental Health Team. Community Dentistry. Community Staff. Meeting Rooms.

B

Imaging/Radiology (General x-ray, CT, ultrasound, Dexa). Clinical Investigations. (Cardiac and Pulmonary). Out Patients.

Intermediate and Palliative Care Ward

(40 beds) F

Renal Unit. Community Pharmacy.

Woman’s Health. Podiatry

C Children’s Centre. Allied Health Professionals.

G HSDU/Sterile Services Department.

Sterile Services Department.

D

Urgent Care and Treatment Centre. Cardiac Assessment Unit. Community Interventional Treatment Centre. (Rapid Response, Community Oncology, Pain Management). Drumragh Family Practice.

Day Procedure Unit and Endoscopy.

H Energy Centre. Energy Centre.

Block layout and service locations

Donaghanie Road

Camowen River

There are 863 car

parking spaces

throughout the site.

There are numerous

dedicated disabled

parking located at the

Renal Department and

Urgent Care and GP Out

of Hours.

Subject to consultation

there will be a number

of paid car parking

spaces located at the

front of the building and

near Urgent Care

Treatment Centre.

Consult Exam Room – undergoing fit out

Single En-suite

Bedrooms

There are 40 single bed

rooms split between

Intermediate Care and

Palliative Care. All

bedrooms will have a

separate en-suite.

Mock Up Facility (work in progress)

A mock-up facility is currently under construction at the chapel

near the Estates dept. on T&F Hospital site.

The mock-up facility consists of two standard rooms that are

frequently repeated throughout the new hospital. These are a

standard in-patient single room with ensuite, and a standard

consulting examination room.

This facility will not only enable more informed sign-off of a

quarter of the total rooms in the design, but will also at a later

stage, fulfil a crucial role in the training and preparation of staff

for the transfer to the new facilities.

Furniture samples are being sourced to fully kit out the rooms.

A consultation programme is currently being developed to test

the design of the mock-up rooms against the requirements of

facilities management (FM) staff, clinical staff, infection control,

patients and visitors in terms of standards, layout, ease of use of

equipment etc.

It is anticipated that Staff familiarisation and feedback for the

mockup room will take place from late Summer 2015.

Staff Base

Excellent viewing opportunities into the rooms are

possible from the four staff bases.

Patients can also choose to close the blinds for additional

privacy and dignity.

Example of Bed Head Services

1 Example of Bed Head Services

Construction Programme

Relocation Leads

Each Department/Service has a nominated

Relocation Lead who will help bring their

ward/department successfully into

operation in the New Hospital. The

updated list of names will be shared soon.

The Project Team will be working closely

with all Relocation Leads to support this

essential work and to make the process

manageable and achievable for everyone.

Travel Plan

The project team have engaged with the Dept. of Regional

Development regarding completion of the travel plan. Planning

approval for the project was granted subject to a number of

planning conditions, one of which is a completed travel plan.

Following the main summer holidays, staff working in TCH,

Omagh health Centre and Lissan house will be asked to

complete an on-line travel survey related to their commute to

work and how this might change when the new facility opens.

Staff without access to a computer can also request a survey

questionnaire.

As the staff travelling to the T&F campus will approximately

double once the facility opens, staff currently on T&F Hospital

campus will also be surveyed to ascertain whether their

commute pattern might change in respect of issues such as

increased pool of staff to engage in a car share commute. GP

patients, hospital patients, social care clients and visitors will

also be surveyed and the final survey results will help inform

plans for issues such as the timing and frequency of buses and

a separate allocation of car-share parking spaces.

The questionnaire will only take a short time to complete and

staff and the public will be encouraged to engage in

September/October 2015 so that the response levels give a

meaningful indicator of the commuting and visiting habits.

A Look Ahead…

Integrating Art into the Building

A number of wall panels and partition screens within

the construction will be built as permanent displays

for the new Omagh Hospital and will portray

interesting topics including the history of healthcare

in the local area. These panels will include early

photographs of buildings, staff photographs and

excerpts from old minute books and log books etc.

Also, as part of this project and to acknowledge over

100 years of dedicated care at the Tyrone County

Hospital (TCH) we hope to document our health care

provision as it stands at present, by visiting TCH and

photographing our existing staff in their respective

departments with equipment etc. Where possible we

will let staff in each department know in advance,

when we hope to do this. We are expecting to do this

over the summer months.

We don’t necessarily need to photograph everyone,

that may be an impossibility, but we would hope to

capture most staff.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation with this

exercise which will be one of a number of events to

mark the final six months of the TCH.

Activity Detail

Target Date On Site Start-Up Site Setup; Management &

Workers Amenities, Established Site Access Protocols, Piling & Ground Works

July 2014

Mock Up Facility Viewing of Prototypes of key areas of the new facilities including the single room and ensuite bathrooms

June/July 2015

Practical Completion Construction Phase Complete, building handed over to Trust to begin Commissioning

October 2016

Opening New Hospital opens its doors to patients.

January 2017