Wellow Unit at St Mary’s Hospital is on the move again, just 2 months after being relocated to the stroke ward.
As previously reported by Island Echo, concern spread across social media back in May amid rumour that the award-winning Wellow Unit – which looks after those in their final hours and days – was going to be shut down.
It was soon established that the unit was in fact downsizing and moving to a different part of the hospital due to significant, longstanding pressure elsewhere in the hospital. The area it did occupy, the former Shackleton Ward, was turned into a 12-bed sick bay.
Now, just 2 months on, it has been confirmed that the Unit is on the move again – but will retain its 3 beds. It is relocating to the newly-vacated Compton Ward.
An Isle of Wight NHS Trust spokesperson has told Island Echo:
“To enable a major refurbishment of the community unit at St Mary’s Hospital, and to support our wider estates investment programme, a number of departments are being re-located this week.
“We will also be moving Wellow Unit to the newly vacated Compton Ward. The unit will continue to have three beds and will benefit from having a more spacious environment which is more conducive in supporting patients and their families who are nearing the end of their life.”
Wellow Unit, which was established as a temporary project in February 2020, is the country’s only nurse-led end-of-life unit. It provides bespoke care for those who would otherwise pass away in open bays in A&E or Intensive Care.
It’s sad what they keep doing at st marys leave the unit alone its world class the staff are amazing end of life shouldnt come at a cost .LEAVE IT ALONE FIND THE MONEY NOW.
What part of “it has been moved to a more spacious environment” don’t you understand??
moving a quiet bespoke unit onto a mainstream ward for more space and less privacy isn’t always a good thing.
But the Tories need the money for their billionaire mates. Did Andrew Turner pay back the £137,641 he got for a new kitchen?
There were probably end of life people in the beds when they moved them!! Don’t know what it is about the NHS nowadays, but it’s like ‘search for your relative’ when u visit. You never know where they are from one day to the next!