Here’s an update on the latest developments in some of the workstreams for the Monklands Replacement Project (MRP) – our exciting vision for a new University Hospital Monklands at Wester Moffat, Airdrie.
Workforce
Workforce lead Laura Ireland said: “A new process has started, providing expert internal review of the methodology used to produce the new hospital’s indicative workforce figures across job families.
“There will be a workshop to assess the output of our recent observation study, which was carried out to measure the workload across job roles associated with single patient rooms.”
Service Planning
“Initial meetings have taken place with leads of therapy services about the transition to the MRP model, and work has started to update the transition plans for services,” said service redesign assistant Lesley Aitken.
“We’ll be continuing to update service transition plans with a view to testing the models of care agreed for MRP. We’ll also be assisting with the development of NHS Lanarkshire’s refreshed volunteer strategy.”
Digital
“With equipping colleagues, a working group is reviewing the digital requirements by room. A refresh of our digital hospital strategy has been provided to the MRP’s digital co-ordination group for review,” explained digital lead Maureen McGinn.
“We’ll continue to refresh our digital strategy with feedback from the review. We’ll also move forward with looking at patient, staff and visitor use of services to learn more about how digital tech assists now and could in future.”
Facilities Management (FM)
FM lead Marie Porteous said: “The facilities management group is continuing to collate evidence on the SDaC (Sustainable Design & Construction) guide, a tool for delivery of Scottish Government sustainability targets.
“There will be a workshop about SDaC with the national service NHS Scotland Assure.”
Design
“Following a process of design optimisation, there were workshops to review a small number of existing departmental layouts, involving a range of stakeholders,” said Fiona Cowan, clinical lead – nursing.
“We’re getting sign-off for the current design stage for the areas reviewed, including the emergency department, discharge lounge, main entrance, staff facilities, and research & education.”
Other News
We shared our exciting new video showing the concept design for the new University Hospital Monklands. The virtual journey around the campus on the site at Wester Moffat, Airdrie, captures the impressive scale of our major project to provide a state-of-the-art new Monklands.
You can watch the video at this link – https://vimeo.com/727312920
For full information on the Monklands Replacement Project, including latest updates, visuals, frequently asked questions and previous flash reports, visit the MRP webpage www.monklands.scot.nhs.uk.
Flash reports are also included as an infographic in the staff briefing and published on the MRP webpage.
