Neath Port Talbot Hospital
History
The hospital, which was commissioned to replace Neath General Hospital and Port Talbot General Hospital, was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in May 2000. It was designed by SSL and built by Kier Group at a cost of £56 million; it was officially opened by the Prince of Wales on 3 February 2003.
In September 2012 the Health Board announced significant investment to create a new specialist IVF unit and expand the urology unit at the hospital in a bid to recruit and retain experienced clinicians.
In June 2023, a £21M expansion was completed which included three new theatres.
Performance
In May 2014 staff at the hospital was criticised in a report into the death of an elderly patient who had been treated at the hospital; the report found that there had been "variable or poor professional behaviour and practice in the care of frail older people".
References
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- ^ "First Welsh hospital PFI". I-FM News. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Borough could get Royal visit by end of the year". Wales Online. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Neath Port Talbot Hospital given £2m funding boost". BBC. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "New theatre complex at Neath Port Talbot Hospital is officially opened". Swansea Bay University Health Board. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Abertawe Bro Morgannwg: Care failings at hospitals 'shock'". BBC. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2019.