Locum Consultant in Gastroenterology

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It is an exciting time to be joining Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust which resulted from the merger of Luton and Dunstable University Hospital and Bedford Hospital NHS Trusts in April 2020. Both hospitals have retained their identity with individual hospital names and key services remaining on both sites and be managed as single teams across the whole Bedfordshire catchment area. Bedford:We have completed one of our major redevelopment projects at Bedford hospital, to expand our Outpatients facilities within Cauldwell Centre. The expansion included an additional 34 rooms, which increased the overall number of Outpatients rooms from 19 to 53. Within the Emergency Department work has been carried out to deliver nine additional beds, two extra paediatric cubicles, a two-story extension, two larger adult waiting areas and new reception. The previous space was converted to provide an isolation room, treatment rooms, mental health room and dedicated secure paediatric ED. In addition, a brand new state of the art CT scanner has been installed within the Emergency Department to allow for rapid diagnostics and improvement to patient experience and care. To allow the Trust to further develop and improve the Bedford site, we have also upgraded our electrical infrastructure to provide additional capacity and resilience across the site.