Pictures courtesy of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Plans have been announced for a new Urgent Treatment Centre at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill.

The purpose built centre will sit alongside the existing Emergency Department creating a single front door for people with non life-threatening emergencies.  The hospital is one of only a handful in the region without a co-located Urgent Treatment Centre.  It aims to offer faster assessment, diagnosis and treatment in one place, and getting more people home the same day with the help of the newly expanded Same Day Emergency Care services. 

The new two storey building which is backed by £8.6 million of capital investment from NHS England, is at the final design stage.  Subject to approval, construction is expected to start this summer with the service opening in the second half of next year.