Queen visits GWH

By Barrie Hudson - 21 January 2025

CommunityHealth

Her Majesty The Queen today - 21 January - officially opened Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s urgent and emergency care development.

The trust revealed that Her Majesty was given a tour of the Emergency Department, Medical Assessment Unit and Children’s Emergency Unit.
She then met meting groups of staff from across the organisation, along with some of our charitable donors and partners.
The £33.5m urgent and emergency care expansion opened to the public in the autumn of 2024.
As part of her duties today, Her Majesty commemorated the occasion by unveiling a plaque alongside a pupil, Latoyah Vashi, from the neighbouring Badbury Park Primary School.
Chairman Liam Coleman said: “We are thrilled that Her Majesty The Queen visited us here in Swindon today, to mark such a significant moment in our Trust history.
“It took over five years of hard work to bring our new urgent and emergency care development to life, and I want to thank everyone who has helped us get to today, creating a new department that will benefit the people of Swindon and Wiltshire for years to come.
“Thank you to Her Majesty The Queen for taking the time to unveil a plaque and meet with so many of our fantastic staff and patients, to the children of Badbury Park Primary School and to other local dignitaries who have also given their time to join us today.”
Her Majesty's connections with the Swindon area include having given birth to daughter Laura Lopes at the old Princess Margaret Hospital, which Great Western Hospital replaced, on New Year's Day, 1978.
Some of the pictures of Her Majesty's visit, which were shared on social media, are reproduced here.
 

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