Visiting a ward
Visitors can attend the ward at any time during the hours of 11am-8pm Monday through to Sunday.
There will be a maximum of two visitors allowed at the patient bedside at a time.
To contact a ward directly please call 01922 721172.
The Welcome Hub can be contacted for any visiting or general enquiries: 01922 444040 wht.visiting@nhs.net (Monday to Friday, 8am-5pm, Saturday, 8am-2pm).
The Welcome Hub can be contacted for the facilitation of video calls.
Please note – in the event a ward is closed to visiting due to Infection Control Guidelines visiting can only continue in exceptional circumstances on compassionate grounds. Visitors should contact the ward and discuss any visiting arrangements with the nurse in charge.
The compassionate grounds are:
- The patient is receiving end-of-life care
- The patient has a mental health issue, dementia, a learning disability or autism, where a visitor not being present would cause the patient to be distressed
- When a patient has been in hospital for an extended period
- When refusing a visitor will negatively impact on the wellbeing of the patient
| Ward name | Location |
|---|---|
| Ward 1 Elderly care and General Medicine | Route 240 |
| Ward 2 Elderly care | Route 240 |
| Ward 3 Community Discharge Unit | Route 240 |
| Ward 4 Adult Community care group. Stroke Rehabilitation Unit (SRU) | Route 240 |
| Wards 5/6 Acute Medical Unit (AMU) | Route 235 |
| Ward 7 Acute Cardiac Unit | Route 231 |
| Cardiac Intervention Suite | Route 231, opposite ward 7 |
| Ward 8 Discharge Lounge | Route 138 |
| Ward 9 Orthopaedic Trauma | Route 137 |
| Ward 10 General Medicine - long term conditions | Route 137 |
| Ward 11 Acute Surgical Unit (ASU) | Route 139 |
| Ward 12 Acute Surgical Unit (ASU) | Route 139 |
| Ward 14 Acute medicine (complex discharge ward) | Route 143 |
| Ward 15 General Medicine, predominantly Diabetes and Haematology | Route 143 |
| Ward 16 Gastroenterology | Route 144 |
| Ward 17 Respiratory Medicine | Route 144 |
| Intensive Care Unit | Route 237 |
| Ward 19 Ambulatory care | Route 233 |
| Ward 20a Orthopaedic Surgery | Route 201 |
| Ward 20b Inpatient Surgery/Urology/ENT | Route 201 |
| Ward 20c Surgical Daycase Centre/ENT/Orthopaedic/Podiatry/Dental/Urology | Route 201 |
| Ward 21 Paediatric inpatient and day-case elective ward | Route 221 |
| Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) | Route 223 |
| Ward 22 Day Case - Chemotherapy | Route 224 |
| Ward 23 Gynaecology and Breast - Inpatients | Route 224 |
| Ward 24 Foxglove Maternity Transitional care | Route 225 |
| Ward 25 Primrose Maternity Ante and Post-natal | Route 225 |
| Ward 26 Maternity Gynaecology Assessment and Early Pregnancy Unit | Route 230 |
| Ward 27 Maternity Delivery suite | Route 128 |
| Ward 28 Neo-Natal Unit (NNU) | Route 127 |
| Ward 29 Acute short-stay unit | Route 242 |