The brand new £15.7m Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at Torbay Hospital was officially opened on Tuesday 29 November 2022. The long awaited multi-million-pound project has delivered a new AMU which is split over two levels and sees a wide variety of patients who require varying levels of care. It has 36 assessment spaces and allows patients to receive timely, high quality care, in the right place. Referrals are taken from both the Emergency Department as well as directly from GPs, the community and other specialties. The unit’s new location is of particular significance as it is located alongside our Emergency Department. Having these two units located side-by-side improves the flow of patients across the two departments allowing for more timely patient reviews and an overall enhanced patient experience.