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The Big Number Salisbury District Hospital, main entrance; inset: Nick Marsden
£1.5m The amount raised by the Stars Appeal for Salisbury District Hospital. Turn to page 59 for more
THE HEAT IS ON The project to regenerate the Salisbury District Hospital is launched
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he Health, Education and Technology (HEAT) Project Salisbury – the programme set to regenerate the Salisbury District Hospital site – recently held a series of exhibitions in order to demonstrate how it intends to create a modern, sustainable, environmentally-friendly
healthcare centre to serve the local community’s changing needs. Led by the Salisbury Foundation Trust, the events held in Salisbury and Britford, on 14 and 16 March, officially launched the project and helped to gather initial feedback from the public. Nick Marsden, Chairman at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, explains, “This hospital-led project is about ensuring we invest in our future, not in maintaining the past.
The public exhibitions were an important first step, allowing us to talk to people face-to-face and understand the priorities for the community. “People were wholeheartedly enthusiastic, with the vast majority of attendees expressing support for the project. We will be conducting a thorough analysis of the comments and will consider the many topics and ideas that people discussed at the events.”
The current plans are to integrate the existing hospital facility to offer a potential range of other services designed to complement health care. These could range from education and training to research and development.
For more: heatprojectsalisbury.co.uk
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