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A new discharge lounge will open at Peterborough City Hospital (PCH) next week which will accommodate patients who are medically fit and ready to leave hospital. 

The new discharge lounge is part of a wider redevelopment plan to improve patient experience and to help our hospitals get ready for the busy winter months. “The new facility is larger than the existing discharge lounge and will be a comfortable area that will have both trolley and seating space for patients who are waiting to go home, “says Sheila Roberts, Senior Operations Advisor. “Moving patients who are well enough to the discharge lounge frees up beds for our sickest patients and helps us manage the demand on our services across the Trust.” 

The new discharge lounge is a modular unit, located outside of the main hospital next to the mobile MRI scanner, between the Haematology/Oncology Ward and the Ambulatory Care Unit. The unit is signposted on site and has car park access for anyone coming to collect someone from a hospital stay.