Advantages

1. This is a variation of Possibility 3 above.
2. This possibility relies on retaining the MCH building as it is at present and with a separate E.H.T. and toilet area outwith the two present Clinic buildings.
3. MCH is separated from the infectious diseases wards.
4. A staff toilet is provided in the main clinic building.
5. The space provided for records in the covered waiting area puts all of the records together in one location and not dispersed as they are at the moment, and further provides a visual shield between the main clinic waiting area and the maternity and female waiting area in the MCH building.  This further increases the privacy of the MCH building and should improve the confidence of the female and maternity patients in the use of the Clinic facility.
6. The lab is incorporated in the main building in the Doc’s office where it is really the most needed.
7. A large door is provided to the screening room for access by stretcher and wheel-chair patients.
8. The Nurse’s Night Room (used as a Clinical Area by day) is private, but easily accessible to the staff toilets.  The Children’s Ward is adjacent to the night nurse, and could be used for any seriously ill patients who require monitoring during the night-time period.

Disadvantages

1. There are no connecting toilets and therefore there is no direct access from the wards to the toilets and showers.
2. It is not yet clear if there will be sufficient funds to upgrade the ablution block to provide separate toilets facilities for the male and female infectious patients.
3. There is insufficient space in a non-public area in the main building for records.
4. There is no provision for E.H.T.