Donate Our Mission is to be OUTSTANDING for our patients, our communities and each other Construction update for Emergency Department Plaza extension Change my appointment Emergency Department Plaza development – keeping you up to date with our latest improvement to Warrington Hospital A major new extension of Warrington Hospital’s Emergency Department, which significantly increases patient assessment capacity, has now broken ground on and work is underway. The £6.3m project will enable one of the North West’s busiest Accident and Emergency centres to continue to manage the rising number of emergency ward admissions. The ground floor of the 1170sqm extension will be exclusively designed for patient care, with hot clinics, assessment areas, triage space, ambulatory care and GP streaming service among the services to be offered in the new space. The second floor of the extension will house all staff break areas and administrative equipment that currently takes significant space out of the existing Emergency Department capacity. The work will be carried out by Tilbury Douglas Construction, specialists in health care construction. The construction project will have a number of phases, with mitigations put in place to minimise disruption to patients, staff and the local community. Noise levels will be monitored regularly, but there will be some occasions when the works may be audible to patients and staff in the existing Emergency Department. Currently there are no plans to close the internal site road that runs parallel to the existing Emergency Department, but if circumstances require a closure that will be communicated in detail to patients, staff and the local community. Ambulance access to the site will not be affected. The main entrance to the orthopaedics unit will be closed during construction, but visiting patients and staff will be able to access the unit through the Burtonwood Wing Entrance. Although we will ensure any changes to the project are communicated through our social channels, we suggest you regularly visit this page for up to date information. 18 November 2021 - update Back to Our hospitals Where to find us Warrington Hospital Lovely Lane Warrington WA5 1QG Tel - 01925 635911 Halton General Hospital Hospital Way Runcorn WA7 2DA Tel - 01928 714567 Become a member Our hospital magazine Research consent application form Hospital radio Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust CQC overall rating Good 24 July 2019 See the report Our Mission is to be OUTSTANDING for our patients, our communities and each other Show accessibility tools