New outdoor spaces at Swansea Bay hospitals
Authors(s), Creator(s) and Contributors: SBUHB
Publication Date: 26/06/2023
Categories: Articles / Interviews
Supporter(s)/Funder(s): NHS Charities Together
commemorate the pandemic
Introduction
The £100,000 project – funded entirely from charitable funds – involves a series of bespoke dry-stone wall circular seating areas, inlaid with hand-made, personalised clay tiles, each reflecting the thoughts of NHS staff schoolchildren, and members of the public in the Swansea Bay area.
The stone seating pods, with timber benches, were designed and built following extensive engagement with health board staff. As well as serving as memorials for those who tragically lost their lives in the pandemic, they will also offer quiet outdoor spaces for staff, patients and visitors to reflect, rest and recharge – and help support their general wellbeing now and into the future.
The structures have been built at Morriston, Singleton, Neath Port Talbot and Cefn Coed hospitals, and each will be officially launched in a series of events over the summer, starting with Morriston today (Monday 26th June).
The project was led by health board heritage lead, Martin Thomas. He explained that not only were the spaces memorials for those who died, they also paid homage to the extraordinary efforts of NHS staff during the unprecedented time.
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