From today, there are new routes to follow for colleague access to the Maternity department and to the Cardiology Department at CRH.

Access to Maternity - including emergency access 

Please access the department using Lift Block 2. A map is attached to help.

Women and families can still access the department using the Women's and Children's entrance. 

Access to Cardiology - all access, for colleagues, patients and visitors 

Colleagues and patients will need to access the Cardiology Department at CRH using the Dermatology Department, where the services will have a shared waiting area. A map is attached to help and signage will be in place. 

This follows the site setup that has been happening in both departments and outside CRH for the past few weeks.

Thank you to colleagues for your understanding. 

About the new Maternity floor 

Our Maternity services will be located on one dedicated floor, leading to improved safety and quality for women and families. The work includes building an additional dedicated maternity theatre and relocating the Birth Centre onto the first floor. The work will be happening where the Old Physiotherapy Department was located.

About the twin Catheter Lab and Cardiology Day Case Unit 

We are building a new purpose-built Cardiology Day Case Unit and two new Catheter Labs in the existing Cardiology Department and adjacent clinical space on the ground floor at CRH. This work will bring our Catheter Labs, Day Case Unit and Cardiology Department into the same area on the ground floor, providing a more efficient and future-proof service, and give our patients a better experience.

Patients will be able to recover post procedure from the Catheter Lab until discharge, for planned treatment and/or investigations, which means they may not need an inpatient admission.