A Norfolk hospital has won national recognition for one of its buildings at the Building Better Healthcare Awards.
The endoscopy unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn was highly commended for using digital technology to enhance both care and the experience of patients.
Judges praised the interactive information screens, sensors which detected activity in rooms and the touch screens which nurses could use in each bay area.
Paul Brooks, the hospital’s Director of Estates and Facilities, said: “It is wonderful our endoscopy unit has been nationally recognised at these industry awards. It has already received the prestigious accreditation JAG (Joint Advisory Group) Status from the Royal College of Physicians, demonstrating it is delivering the highest levels of care and standards to our patients. To also have the building formally recognised as an example of excellence in technology is a further example of the talent and skill we have here at The QEH.
“This skill and technology base will only be further enhanced as we move towards plans for a New QEH in 2030.”
The QEH Endoscopy Unit, carries out a range of procedures that allow clinicians to see inside the body to investigate symptoms, confirm diagnoses and even deliver some kinds of treatments.
