Dilke Memorial Hospital

Contact Details

Matron: Mandy Hampton
(Secretary: Shirley Powell)

Address:
Dilke Memorial Hospital,
Cinderford,
Gloucestershire,
GL14 3HX

Tel: 01594 598100

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Hospital Services

Number and type of beds (Forest Inpatient Unit)

• 24 consultant beds undertaking Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation activity.
• 12 Primary Care beds undertaking Primary Care GP activity.
  

Out-patient clinics

• Surgical
• Renal
• Gynaecology/obstetrics
• Endoscopy
• Osteopathy
• Dermatology
• Thoracic
• Orthopaedic
• Gastroenterology
• Psychiatry
• Rheumatology
• Paediatrics
• Cardiology
• Urology
• ENT
• Elderly Care
• Spinal Pain Clinic
• Diabetes (specialist nurse)
• MS (specialist nurse)
• Leg Ulcer (primary care clinic and specialist secondary care nurse led clinic)
• ME.

Other Clinics

• Occupational therapy clinics
• Physiotherapy clinics
  

Therapy Services

• Occupational therapy
• Paediatric occupational therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Speech and laguage therapy (adult)

Services available

• Inpatient Physiotherapy Treatment Unit (Forest Inpatient Unit)
  
  
• Endoscopy Unit
  
  
  • Fully equipped endoscopy unit
  • Provision of radiology PACs based x-ray service
  • Provision of ultra-sound scanning service
    
    
• Day Unit
  
  
  • Falls assessment and rehabilitative care provided for five days per week – one day on an outreach basis
  • Community leg ulcer clinic provided one day per week
  • Primary care based blood transfusions
  • Adult speech and language therapy outpatient care.

Emergency Care

• Minor Injuries Unit:
  
  
  • Emergency Nurse Practitioner led Minor Injuries Unit Services over 24 hrs per day.
  • Host site for Forest of Dean ‘Out of Hours’ Primary Care Centre.

Out of Hours arrangements

Telephone: 08454 220 220