The first phase of a £5-million refurbishment to Grimsby’s Accident and Emergency department is now complete.From Monday patients will be able to make use of the brand new facilities as part of a improvements to Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital’s emergency care centre. The new centre has ten treatment rooms filled with the latest equipment and it will soon be the host foradditional  primary care services as part of an integrated model for the department.

The latest refurbishments are the first of three phases in the development, which will see a new reception area, major injuries section, and a resuscitation room completed by April 2009.

the Hazel Coley, assistant director of services development and modernisation for Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust, said: “There is still work going on and there will still be some disruption for which we would apologise to the patients.“But I’m sure once we are at the end of the scheme they will see that it’s been worthwhile.”