The South Eastern Trust opened the new state-of the-art Emergency Department (ED) at the Ulster Hospital at 00:01am on Wednesday 6thSeptember 2023. The Emergency Department, which is in the Acute Services Block (ASB), is the final stage of the £280m Phase B redevelopment project. 

The Emergency Department is designed to provide care in modern treatment spaces and investigation rooms. They have been constructed using the latest innovations in design and technology and are well-equipped to provide secure, safe, high quality services to patients.

This new department is equipped with advanced resuscitation facilities, treatment cubicles, paediatric cubicles, excellent triage facilities and a dedicated ambulance arrivals area.

There’s a large waiting area to help patient flow through initial assessment to treatment and discharge, or onward admission to an appropriate ward, if required. 

It will operate 7 days a week 8am to 6pm on the site of the former Emergency Department, at the Ulster Hospital.

The new Emergency Department at the Ulster Hospital is expected to be fully operational by 8am on the 6th September.