12-01-2012, 12:00 AM
My kidney pain started spring last year.. well.. I just discovered that the exact position of my birth has had a mobile renal unit stationed on it.. Thats people going to the geographical point of my birth and having a machine do the job of their kidneys..
thank *** its being dismantled in 8 weeks time!
Welshpool Dialysis Unit
Position Statement
1. At the stakeholder meeting held on 22nd February 2011 it was agreed
that a statement be prepared which could be used by members to
inform others regarding the progress to establish both a temporary
service and then the permanent unit and service. This is that statement. At that meeting Mrs Chrissie Hayes (Director of Planning –
Powys tHB) paid tribute to the various agencies who have worked
together to reach a position where the dialysis services will now be
provided at Welshpool Hospital.
2. Temporary Unit: Subject to delivery of dialysis machines in mid-March
it is expected that the 7 station unit will open in early April. 13 of the
North Powys patients will transfer from having their dialysis at
Shrewsbury. Staff have been interviewed and appointed. Extra car
parking has been provided as part of the enabling works on site. The
mobile units which comprise the “building” are leased for a 2 year
period during which time it is expected that the permanent building will
become operational. When the units are taken away a large increase in
available car parking spaces across the whole site will result.
3. Permanent Unit: The final design was presented by the architect to
the February stakeholder meeting. Based on the (tendered) capital
costs of the design a Business Justification Case - required by Welsh Assembly Government to secure funding for the building, fees,
equipment and running costs - has been drafted and approved by both
Betsi Cadwaladr and Powys Health Boards. Planning permission has
been granted. Once agreement between the Renal Network and the
Health Boards is reached regarding running costs WAG will be asked
to allocate capital funding. When capital has been allocated and
building work commenced the 12 station unit, which will be located on
the gravel car park and adjoining the hospital, should then become
operational in 2012. Up to 48 patients will then be dialysed on the six
working days (Monday – Saturday). As there are only about half that
number currently requiring the service there is capacity for many years
to come for all existing suitable patients to be dialysed in Welshpool.The unit, which will be located on two floors, adjoining and at the lower
end of the hospital, will serve as a base for other renal services
including out patient clinics, home therapies, anaemia management
and support to GPs for early chronic kidney disease (CKD)
management.
SHIVERS MATE!
thank *** its being dismantled in 8 weeks time!
Welshpool Dialysis Unit
Position Statement
1. At the stakeholder meeting held on 22nd February 2011 it was agreed
that a statement be prepared which could be used by members to
inform others regarding the progress to establish both a temporary
service and then the permanent unit and service. This is that statement. At that meeting Mrs Chrissie Hayes (Director of Planning –
Powys tHB) paid tribute to the various agencies who have worked
together to reach a position where the dialysis services will now be
provided at Welshpool Hospital.
2. Temporary Unit: Subject to delivery of dialysis machines in mid-March
it is expected that the 7 station unit will open in early April. 13 of the
North Powys patients will transfer from having their dialysis at
Shrewsbury. Staff have been interviewed and appointed. Extra car
parking has been provided as part of the enabling works on site. The
mobile units which comprise the “building” are leased for a 2 year
period during which time it is expected that the permanent building will
become operational. When the units are taken away a large increase in
available car parking spaces across the whole site will result.
3. Permanent Unit: The final design was presented by the architect to
the February stakeholder meeting. Based on the (tendered) capital
costs of the design a Business Justification Case - required by Welsh Assembly Government to secure funding for the building, fees,
equipment and running costs - has been drafted and approved by both
Betsi Cadwaladr and Powys Health Boards. Planning permission has
been granted. Once agreement between the Renal Network and the
Health Boards is reached regarding running costs WAG will be asked
to allocate capital funding. When capital has been allocated and
building work commenced the 12 station unit, which will be located on
the gravel car park and adjoining the hospital, should then become
operational in 2012. Up to 48 patients will then be dialysed on the six
working days (Monday – Saturday). As there are only about half that
number currently requiring the service there is capacity for many years
to come for all existing suitable patients to be dialysed in Welshpool.The unit, which will be located on two floors, adjoining and at the lower
end of the hospital, will serve as a base for other renal services
including out patient clinics, home therapies, anaemia management
and support to GPs for early chronic kidney disease (CKD)
management.
SHIVERS MATE!