{"id":715338,"date":"2026-07-28T12:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/715338\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:27:08","slug":"john-radcliffe-hospital-undergoes-11m-emergency-care-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/715338\/","title":{"rendered":"John Radcliffe Hospital undergoes \u00a311m emergency care improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Construction work on the project began earlier this year, with the new space expected to open in phases from Spring 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The development, which is being part-funded by national NHS funding, will see a currently unused space at the hospital transformed into the new EAU.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">OUH said the new unit would have a &#8220;particular focus on older patients and those with complex needs&#8221;, and would provide &#8220;short-stay assessment and treatment, helping teams of healthcare professionals provide care more quickly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The trust said the site would also work closely with community services to reduce the time patients need to stay in hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Alongside the EAU, a new Urgent Treatment Centre will treat patients with minor illnesses and conditions that can often be managed outside of the hospital&#8217;s Emergency Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Extra spaces for same-day emergency care as well as a new observation area outside of the Paediatric Emergency Department are also included in the plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction work on the project began earlier this year, with the new space expected to open in phases&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-715338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}