Bishops Castle Community Hospital Has Reopened!
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00:00My name is Amanda Horton, I'm the ward manager here at Bishop's Castle Community Hospital.
00:04The inpatient services, so the inpatient beds, which is 16, were temporarily closed back in 2021 due to grounds of safety.
00:13Obviously the board made the decision in September 23 that we could then retry at the recruitment drive.
00:21So we've had five successful recruitment events and we've recruited to establishment, therefore we can reopen the inpatient beds.
00:29We've got new staff that have started with us on the 1st of July, but equally we've got old staff that have come back and want to work at Bishop's Castle Hospital,
00:39as well as the local mayor and the campaigners here joining in our celebration.
00:43We're really, really all excited, well euphoric actually, because we are reopening the inpatient services here at Bishop's Castle Hospital.
00:52Well I'm a local resident of Bishop's Castle, so to have the whole community behind us has just been amazing.
00:57Come Monday morning, back to business. 16 beds will be open for elderly rehabilitation and end-of-life care.