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To convert our 2 four bedded rooms into single ensuite rooms.
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The Hospice was opened in 1992. It is a well planned building and has served us efficiently over the years. Routine maintenance had been carried out keeping the environment bright and hygienic. However in order to bring our facilities up to the highest modern standards, we now plan to make alterations to the In Patient Unit. This unit currently has 20 beds, made up of 12 single rooms and 2 four bedded rooms. Our plan is to make the four bedded rooms into single rooms with ensuite facilities. We know our patients prefer the privacy of their own room as do their visitors. From our point of view, single rooms are a much more flexible resource, in that they can be used for any type of patient be they with us for terminal care, symptom control or respite and whether they be male or female. This change to single rooms, does reduce our number of beds to 16. Therefore we have decided to convert the In Patient Unit Manager's office into a bedroom, again with ensuite facilities. Once this work is completed, all 17 rooms will be single with ensuite facilities, which is a major improvement. The costs of these alterations is high because we have to use special building methods as we will be continuing our services throughout the work.