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behind the scenes of how one of the uk's biggest hospitals transitions from old to new. we are going this way. liverpool's biggest hospital is on the move. ward 7a is ready to release patients. more than 600 patients and thousands of staff will be transferred to a brand new building. i'm quite nervous. we can plan for as many eventualities as possible but actually until the day of the move itself, we won't know exactly who we are transferring. it's taken nine years and more than £850 million to complete. hundred times better, hundred times better. i absolutely cannot wait. any numbe...

In the st paul's eye centre, staff are preparing to close the doors for the last time. it's very emotional, it's sad. it's an exciting time to go into the new building, but at the same time it's sad to have to leave the old place. for the last time, the lights are going out! goodbye! applause. emotional, i'm not going to lie, it is. some of our patients have lifelong conditions and they've grown up with us as well there. so very emotional. but we've got somewhere really nice to go to. this is gavin, ward manager on seven, we're just starting our first checks

Of getting our hospital open and ready for patients and staff. it's now just two weeks until the rooms are occupied and the first outpatient clinics is opening in five days. every ward that will be moving, every department that will be moving will have a ten day readiness checklist. a five day readiness checklist. a three day readiness checklist. but i generally think we have kind of dotted the is and crossed the ts and you know, good to go. one week on, staff in the st paul's eye centre are getting ready to leave. the girls have been packing for a while now but we've just put the finishing to...

Stages of illness. and, of course, we need to utilise as much science behind this as we can to ensure that each and every one of our patients is kept safe. the patients will have to be wheeled one by one from the old building to the new. we've measured through laser distance, we've calculated the steps each staff member will take to understand the fatigue, we've mathematically calculated the co—ordination of different teams with ward moves running concurrently through parallel parts of the hospital. we've spent 18 months now testing every permutation. there's going to be lots of really unwel...

The same journey, but not all. the vascular ward is heading to an entirely different hospital. for david, it will be his first time outside in two months after losing his leg to gangrene. i'm looking forward to it, to be honest with you. because it is nice to get out. i don't get out much. dave's tv is also packed and ready to go. i've bought it so i could watch me football. you've got to, haven't you? dave's off to the trust's other major hospital, aintree, on the other side of the city. thanks a lot, girls. the move will allow them to create two specialist hospital centres, each concentratin...