Several new isolation rooms in Stepping Hill Hospital’s critical care unit are now in use to enhance patient safety in the area.

Patients in the hospital’s critical care unit, which cares for those who are more seriously ill, may have infections which mean they should be kept isolated from others for a period.  

With four separate new rooms (or ‘pods’), these patients now have more space in which to recover and receive the treatment they need.

With the number of isolation areas increased from one to four, clinical staff in the unit now have  improved capacity to provide care, beds can be used more flexibly, and patient flow in the hospital as a whole will be improved.

Project managed by the Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Capital team, the new pods provide a safe, attractive, and comfortable environment for any patient who needs it. 

The pods are for patients in the ‘non-COVID’ critical care unit. Patients with COVID-19 are still seen in separate areas.

Karen Hatchell, Divisional Director for Surgery and Critical Care at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust said “The new pods are already providing a much more efficient environment in our critical care unit, and it’s fantastic to see that patients who need to isolate now have comfortable and attractive new areas in which to receive their care. I’d like to thank everyone in our Capital team for working to make this possible.”