Cirencester Hospital
Contact Details
Matron: Bobbie
Lang
(Secretary: Cathy Guppy)
Address:
Cirencester Hospital
Tetbury Road
Cirencester, Glos
GL7 1UY
Tel: 01285 655711
Fax: 01285 884623
E-mail
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Map (external link)
Hospital Services
Number and type of beds (e.g medical, surgical)
- 24 General surgery beds:
- 10 day cases
- 8 inpatients
- 6 endoscopy
- 70 Assessment Rehabilitation beds
Surgery available
- Orthopaedic - hand/foot/knee, hand surgery day case and inpatient.
- Max Facial - day case.
- General Surgery - day case and inpatient.
- Urology - day case and inpatient.
- Gynaecology - day case and inpatient.
- Endoscopy - diagnostic/therapeutic.
Out-patient clinics
- Diabetic medicine( including consultant, specialist nurse, chiropodist, dietician)
- Orthopaedic/fractures
- Cold orthopaedics
- Trauma clinic
- ENT
- Oral facial maxillary surgery
- General medicine
- General surgery
- Ophthalmology
- Ophthalmology laser
- Optician
- Orthotics
- Audio
- Plastic surgery
- Paediatrics
- Cardiology
- Nephrology
- Pain management
- Older persons psychiatry
- Urology
- Oncology
- Rheumatology
- Orthoptist
- Colposcopy
- Gynaecology
- Dermatology/minor procedures
The frequency of these clinics varies: generally the more common specialties
occur every week, on occasion two or three times a week, with some specialties
having two/three clinical staff working at any given time. Ones with less
clinical demand may occur once or twice a month.
Other Clinics
- Nurse-led plaster/dressing clinic
- Nurse-led Tens clinic
- Phototherapy services
- Red Cross camouflage service
- Clinical nurse specialist in breast care
- Antenatal services
- Speech Therapy
- Continence service
- Podiatry
- PDS dental service [for adults]
- Community dental service [for children and special needs]
- Child and Family service [child psychology]
- Children's Speech Therapy
- Community Midwives
- School Nurses
- Family Planning clinic
Therapy Services
Occupational Therapy Department providing O/T service to Cirencester and
Fairford Hospitals. The Department receives referrals on an inpatient and
outpatient basis and works closely with ARU in providing a service to outpatients.
There is a Generic Rehabilitation Assistant scheme based in the Department,
jointly managed by Physios and O/Ts, which enables patients to reach their
full potential in their own home with the assistance of trained rehabilitation
assistants, thus helping to reduce patient's length of stay in hospital.
The O/Ts also undertake splinting on an inpatient and outpatient basis.
Physiotherapy outpatient service available Mon-Fri, 09.00 - 16.30 hrs and
on some days 08.00 - 17.30 hrs. Referrals are received from GPs, consultants
and other health professionals, eg Podiatrists, Midwives, etc. We also accept
self-referrals from patients as appropriate. Most referrals are musculo skeletal
and we have physiotherapists who specialize in particular areas of this field,
eg hands, and chronic pain. We also have Physiotherapists who have specialized
in the following areas: - women's health and continence, vestibular rehabilitation,
hyperventilation.
The rehabilitation team offers a weekday physiotherapy service to inpatient,
outpatient and home-based clients. Following assessment we provide individual
sessions and, in conjunction with the Assessment and Rehabilitation Unit,
Falls Prevention and Parkinsons Disease group programmes. We also offer specialist
neurological physiotherapy and community physiotherapy for those clients
most appropriately treatment in their own environment.
Diagnostic Services
Radiology service: general radiography 24 hr availability for emergencies. Open access for GP patients Mon-Fri, 09.00-12.30 and 14.00-17.00
Antenatal: general and gynae ultrasound by appointment.
Pathology: Phlebotomy service - daily ward rounds and
cover for O/P clinics.
Phlebotomy clinic also open to patients attending at GPs' request -
08.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 16.00 Mon-Thurs, and
08.00 - 12.00 Fri.
Pathology specimens collected twice daily, 11.50 and 18.35, by Pathology
Van Service and transported to CGH.
Support Services
- Three Chaplains - C of E, Roman Catholic, and Methodist / Free Church,
with small team of Chaplaincy Assistants. Services are held in Hospital
Chapel twice weekly
- Catering service providing good wholesome food of a high standard for all
patients, staff and visitors - Hospital Restaurant open from 08.15 - 14.00
serving breakfast, lunch and snacks and thereafter vending services
which provide a variety of drinks and snack food. Catering also provided
for meetings and special functions.
Emergency Care
- A E Consultant, Mr Paul Wilson - 2 sessions per week
- Two A E Staff Grade Doctors
- Four Emergency Nurse Practitioners
- Nurse initiated x-rays offered from triage
- 24 hour x-ray and pathology service
- One Theatre
- One Resus Room
- One Paediatric Room
- Three walk-in wounded bays
- One cubicle for ophthalmology and ENT
- Shared Plaster Room
- Telemedicine link to CGH
Out of Hours arrangements:
- When GP surgeries are closed Telephone: 08454 220 220
- A E services 24 hours.
- RMO cover from 19.00 - 08.00 hrs and weekends.
- X-ray on-call from 17.00 - 09.00 hrs.
- Path run is 18.00 hrs weekdays and Sat am, otherwise as need arises.
Voluntary sector connections
- Cirencester Hospital League of Friends
President: Lord Apsley
Chairman: Mr Norman Whereat
General Secretary: Mr Ray Arthurs
- Hospital Shop
Organiser: Mrs Jenny Hincks
- Cirencester Hospital Volunteers
Co-ordinator: Mrs Jackie Houldsworth
Prescription collection arrangements:
Hospital Pharmacy open Mon-Fri, 09.00 - 17.00 but closed for lunch 13.00 - 14.00.
Out-of-hours MIU Pharmacy Service - FOR MIU PATIENTS ONLY.
Hospital Facilities
- Parking on site for patients and visitors.
- One overnight stay room available for inpatient relatives.
Other Information
- DVT Service
- Assessment and Rehabilitation Unit - provides early multi-disciplinary
assessment and rehabilitation for people of all ages to maintain and improve
independence and mobility, the aim being to maintain people in the community
wherever possible with support as needed. The ARU Unit also provides Falls
Prevention programmes, 24 hour cardiac monitoring, 24 hour BP monitoring,
Consultant medical/rehab outpatient clinics and co-ordinates the Rapid
Rehab Service.
- Social Work Department
