There are currently just over five weeks until the new Grange University Hospital opens its doors in Cwmbran, as part of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board's plan to restructure health care across Gwent.
The new Grange hospital officially opens in mid-November, and will "provide care for people who are seriously ill or have complex problems."
As part of its Clinical Futures plan, the health board will designate the Grange hospital as its trauma unit for Gwent, to provide treatment for conditions that cannot be safely managed elsewhere.
Its existing hospitals - the Royal Gwent in Newport, Nevill Hall in Abergavenny and Ybyty Ystrad Fawr in Ystrad Mynach - will serve as local general hospitals, focusing on delivering general and routine care.
But what does that mean in terms of where patients will go for treatment after the Grange opens?
Aneurin Bevan health board has listed what services will be available at each hospital after November 2020, which you can check below:
Emergencies
Grange University Hospital
Emergency admissions for major illnesses
Emergency admissions for injuries
Emergency admissions for those in need of resuscitation
Emergency assessment unit
Emergency endoscopy
Royal Gwent, Nevill Hall, Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr
- 24/7 nurse-led minor injury unit
Discussing these minor injuries units, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board said: "Emergency nurse practitioners are experienced clinical professionals who specialise in the management of minor injuries.
"They will be able to treat you if you have a broken bone, a sprain, bruise, wound, small burn, bite, or a minor eye or head injury and many other injuries. This service will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
Surgery
Grange University Hospital
Major surgery
Co-morbidity (more than one serious condition) surgery
Royal Gwent, Nevill Hall, Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr
- Day surgery - surgery where you are operated on and discharged on the same day
Maternity Services
Grange University Hospital
Obstetric inpatients
High-risk births
Neonatal intensive care
Special care baby unit
Royal Gwent, Nevill Hall, Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr
All three existing hospitals will continue to offer maternity services for "routine deliveries", as well as antenatal and postnatal care
Children's Services
Grange University Hospital
- Children’s assessment unit
Paediatric inpatients
Paediatric inpatient surgery
Royal Gwent, Nevill Hall, Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr
Children’s outpatient appointments
The Grange University Hospital is due to open ahead of schedule in November 2020 to "help the health board respond to winter season pressures and a potential second wave of Covid-19."
The new hospital is part of the health board's Clinical Futures plan to restructure the way healthcare is delivered across Gwent.
In a statement discussing the plan, the health board said: "Clinical Futures is the health board’s plan for sustainable health and care services for the whole of the NHS across the Gwent area.
"Our aim is to provide safe, high quality care and deliver as much of this at home, or as close to home, as possible.
"As a health board, we aim to improve the health and wellbeing of the population we serve, reduce health inequalities, and ensure the sustainability of our NHS healthcare system.
"We've already made some major changes to the way we deliver our services - and you may have already experienced receiving your health care in a different way.
"We've moved a number of services closer to where you live. We will continue to change the way we deliver our services, making sure the patients are at the centre of everything we do and every decision we make."
You can find out more about the change to services on Aneurin Bevan health board's website.
