'Uplifting' garden created at hospital to help patients

Work has been completed on a hospital garden designed to offer an “uplifting” place for patients.

The space has been created at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital’s new bunker, which was built as part of an extension to its radiotherapy area.

The completion of the garden marked the final phase of the bunker development, which houses the linear accelerator machine (LINAC) – a tool used in cancer treatment.

It delivers high-energy X-rays or electrons precisely to a tumour, while minimising the radiation dose to healthy tissue.

George Glennon, technical superintendent radiographer at the hospital, said: “This new garden is such a wonderful addition to our hospital site.

“It offers an uplifting space where patients and their families can relax when attending the hospital.”

The garden was the latest development in a number of expansion projects at the hospital.

Staff recently held a “topping out” ceremony at a new four-storey expansion, which includes a bigger and more modern emergency department.

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