MEDICAL AIR TECHNOLOGY (MAT) - PREPARING FOR AN INCREASE IN PATIENT NUMBERS AT FAIRFIELD GENERAL HOSPITAL CASE STUDY MAT recently completed work at Fairfield General Hospital, Bury. The hospital is managed by the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and is one of the main sites for elective surgery in the North Manchester area. The project has doubled the number of ultraclean theatres in the seven-theatre suite from two to four and increased the hospital’s orthopaedic capacity. As part of an initiative to increase available ward space at North Manchester General Hospital, the trust is in the process of moving some of its orthopaedic operations to Fairfield General Hospital; the two upgraded theatres mean Fairfield is fully prepared for the increased number of surgeries, and will be

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