Final go-ahead for new £58m A&E at Portsmouth's QA Hospital
The new emergency department is due to open in 2024.
Last updated 3rd Oct 2022
A new £58m A&E department at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth has been given the final go-ahead by the Department of Health.
Bosses said the development would increase capacity and allow staff to work more efficiently.
The emergency department will be relocated and built on the east staff car park which closed last month.
Building work has begun with a planned opening date of winter 2024.
Penny Emerit, chief executive at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, said: "The planned new facility will enable us to better meet the needs of our local community and improve the experience for patients accessing our emergency department by providing the best clinical care in a modern, safe environment.
"We have worked with clinical teams to design the layout of the department to not only give us additional capacity but to support them to work in a more streamlined way, with better visibility of our patients and closer access to essential support services such as scans and x-ray."