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Abraham Colles Ward is for patients with primary trauma, patients who have been in an accident, as well as trauma patients referred from other units.
It is a tertiary referral centre for complex hip revisions and periprosthetic fractures, patients requiring complex upper limb work, haemophilia patients, reconstruction of feet and ankle problems and patients with sports injuries.
Directions
Second floor, main hospital building
Specialties
Orthopaedics
For more information, you can view the: Abraham Colles Ward - Ward Leaflet.
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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The Acute Medical Assessment Unit (AMAU) admits patients directly from the Emergency Department. There are two wards in the AMAU; St Kevin's Ward and William Wilde Ward.
Directions
Ground floor, main hospital building
Specialties
For more information, view our ward leaflet here.
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Anne Young Ward is for elective and trauma patients.
It is a tertiary referral unit for both reconstructive plastic purgery and oro-maxillofacial surgery patients.
Directions
First floor, main hospital building
Specialties
Reconstructive plastic surgery, oro-maxillo facial surgery
For more information, you can view the: Anne Young Ward - Ward Leaflet.
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Beckett Ward provides a step-down facility for patients transferring from the Acute Admissions Unit. On Beckett Ward there is a strong emphasis on promoting independence and self-care.
Directions
Ground floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Low-dependency psychiatry
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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The National Burns Unit is a purpose-built unit which provides a national service for patients over 14 years of age. It is located beside the Emergency Department, which facilitates quick and efficient transfer of patients. The unit has an operating theatre designated for burn surgery.
Burn injury admissions vary in severity from minor to life-threatening. The National Burns Unit accepts both classifications, which may be referred to from emergency departments, GP practices and healthcare centres.
The aim of the unit is to provide optimal care of the burn-injured patient, utilising the skills of a multidisciplinary team from the acute to the rehabilitative phase of burn injury. The multidisciplinary team in conjunction with the patient and their family, aims to preserve life and with equal importance; promote quality of life by maximising long-term physical, vocational and psychosocial functioning.
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Carole Keena Ward is a transitional care unit focusing on the safe discharge of medical and surgical patients from St James's Hospital.
Directions
First floor, Hospital 4 building
Specialties
Medical and surgical transition care to discharge
For more information, you can view the: Carole Keena Ward - Ward Leaflet
Directorate
Visiting
Visiting restrictions are in place at St James’s Hospital for the safety of our patients, staff and community to reduce the further spread of COVID-19 infection. This means that the hospital is closed to all visitors, except in exceptional clinical circumstances, where very limited visiting may be arranged by prior agreement with the Nurse in Charge on the ward.
The hospital regrets any upset that this is causing to our patients and their families, however, these restrictions are necessary to minimise the risk of transmission of COVID-19. Please click here for information on how family members can drop essential items to the hospital for patients. Read more...
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Connolly Norman Unit provides a dedicated service to care of the older person with mental health problems. It provides specialist assessment, interventions and treatment for people over 65 with mental health problems, who need to be admitted to an acute hospital.
Directions
Ground floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Psychiatry for older persons
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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The Coronary Care Unit is for patients with cardiac conditions that require continuous monitoring and treatment. The majority of patients are admitted through our Emergency Department. A number of patients are also admitted via the Cardiac Catheterisation Lab following angioplasty or other specialised procedures. Following treatment, patients are then transferred to the cardiac ward as their condition improves.
Directions
First floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Cardiology
For more information, you can view the: Coronary Car Unit - Ward Leaflet.
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Denis Burkitt Ward is the admission unit for all patients with haematological diseases, including all patients undergoing stem cell transplantation and bone marrow transplantation. The unit is the National Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Centre.
Directions
Ground floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Haematology, bone marrow transplantation and stem cell transplantation
For more information, you can view the: Denis Burkitt Ward - Ward Leaflet.
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Donal Hollywood Ward specialises in oncology, haematology and radiation oncology.
Directions
Second floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Oncology, haematology and radiation oncology
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Directions
First floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
General Surgery, Urology, Upper Gastroenterology
For more information, you can view the: Edward Hallaran Bennett Ward - Ward Leaflet.
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Eilis McGovern Ward is a surgical and medical ward. Areas covered are medical oncology, endocrinology, gynaecology, rheumatology, cardiology, vascular surgery, ENT, haematology, general medicine, acute surgery and elective surgery.
Directions
Second floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Various specialties and cardiology
For more information, you can view the: Eilis McGovern Ward - Ward Leaflet.
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Fiona Mulcahy Ward is a medical ward, including three negative pressure rooms for the care of patients who have tuberculosis (TB).
Directions
First floor, hospital 5 building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Medical
For more information, view our ward leaflet here.
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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George Frederic Handel Ward is a neurovascular rehabilitation ward. Admissions to this rehabilitation service is by direct transfers from MedEl acute wards or transfers from other wards within the hospital.
Patients transferred for rehabilitation are assessed and treated by a multidisciplinary team that include detailed goal setting that is meaningful to the patient. All therapeutic services are provided either in the therapeutic suites situated on the first floor of MISA or are ward-based and are structured around the assessed care needs of each patient. The length of stay here is subject to individual progress.
Directions
Second floor, MISA building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Stroke Rehabilitation
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Haematology & Hepatology (H&H) Ward specialises in gastroenterology (with particular emphasis on patients with Hepatology conditions) and Haematology (with particular emphasis on patients with bleeding disorders, mainly Haemophilia A and B and Von Willebrands Disease).
It is also has a day unit which is used for haematology and gastroenterology patients receiving intravenous therapy. There are two are negative pressure rooms for barrier nursing.
Directions
First floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
General Surgical, Hepatology and Gastroenterology
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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The High Dependency Unit (HDU) is for patients requiring specialist care or monitoring following intensive care treatment, complex surgery or acute illness. Patients in the HDU are cared for by the intensive care (ICU) medical, nursing and allied health teams in consultation with the patient and their primary consultant and team.
Directions
First floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Medical and surgical high dependancy nursing
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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The Critical Care Unit at St James's hospital provides tertiary referral for advanced therapies and supporting a wide range of specialties.
We care for patients who are critically ill and require specialist medical or surgical interventions and/or close monitoring. Patient care and treatment is under the supervision of a team of consultants in Intensive care medicine/Anaesthesiology in conjunction with the primary admitting team.
The Critical Care Unit is run by a range of multi-professionals including Consultants, Fellows, non-consultant hospital doctors (NCHD's), Nurses, Clinical Nurse Managers, Clinical Facilitators, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Physiotherapists, Speech & Language Therapists, Occupational Therapist, Dietician, Pharmacists, Social Worker, Clinical Engineering and other Support Services.
The ICU is a 26 bedded unit with a combination of open plan beds and Isolation rooms.
Directions
First floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Medical and surgical intensive care
Directorate
Visiting
Visiting in the Intensive care unit is from 2pm to 7pm daily.
Visits outside of these times is by arrangement with ICU staff.
Recommended duration of visit is 1 hour or less
depending on the patient needs.
Visits are important for the patient’s recovery. We want you to spend as much time as possible with your relative by planning care around visiting times. However, your relative’s care is our first priority and sometimes you may be asked to wait.
Each visit is limited to two people at a time.
Immediate family/close friends only please or as patient requests.
Children under the age of 14 may visit but this must be arranged in advance with the nurse manager.
Visiting Restrictions may apply to keep our sick patients safe from outbreaks of community infections such as Colds, Flu’s, Viruses.
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John Cheyne Ward is a medical admissions ward.
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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John Houston Ward is an acute respiratory ward and provides care for patients suffering with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmunory Disease), respiratory failure, asthma and other lung diseases. The ward also cares for patients diagnosed with lung cancer receiving chemotherapy, radiotherapy or palliative care, BIPAP and CPAP therapy.
Directions
Second floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Respiratory and medical
For more information, view our ward leaflet here.
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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John Prichard Ward cares for scheduled admissions of mixed specialities - mainly surgery, major ENT, cardiothoracic, maxillofacial, gynaecological, genito-urinary, vascular, breast and orthopaedic patients.
Directions
First floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Mixed general surgery with various specialities
For more information, you can view the: John Prichard Ward - Ward Leaflet
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Keith Shaw Unit is made up of Keith Shaw Ward and Keith Shaw ICU. It is a cardiac unit for both planned and emergency patients for cardiac surgery, e.g. coronary artery bypass grafts or valve surgery. All patients for planned surgery are seen in a pre-admission clinic led by the advanced nurse practioners, prior to their surgery.
Directions
First floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Cardiac surgery
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Kilmainham Ward is a transitional care ward. Admissions to transitional care is by direct transfers from hospital wards for patients who have completed their acute phase of care and await long term care placement or discharge home with home care supports. Patients transferring to the transitional ward must have a structured discharge plan in place and a planned discharge date.
Directions
Fifth floor, MISA building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Care of the elderly.
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Margaret Kehoe Ward specialises in genitourinary medicine and infectious diseases.
Directions
Second floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Genitourinary medicine and infectious diseases
For more information, you can view the: Margaret Kehoe Ward - Ward Leaflet.
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Mary Mercers is an acute admission and assessment unit which specialises in general medicine for the elderly.
Directions
Ground floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Medicine for the Elderly, Admission and Assessment
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Mc Aleese Ward is part of Hollybrook Lodge, which is the hospital's long stay residential unit for the elderly.
Hollybrook Lodge provides the older person, who due to physical, psychological or social circumstances, requires long term care with safe, effective, quality care in a ‘home from home’ environment. All residents cared for in Hollybrook Lodge have access to specialist medical and nursing care, a wide range of support therapies including physiotherapy, clinical nutrition, medical social work, speech and language therapy and specialist aged-care services and treatments including old age psychiatry, bone health, Memory Clinic etc.
Specialties
Care of the elderly
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Patrick Kavanagh Ward specialises in acute medicine for elderly patients. Patients in this ward are directly admitted from the Emergency Department, nursing homes and our Acute Medical Assessment. After treatment, patients are either transferred to our rehabilitation/ transition unit, discharged home or to a long term care facility.
Directions
Third floor, MISA building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Acute Medicine for Elderly/ Acute Admissions Unit
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Rialto Ward is a care of the older person ward which specialises in rehabilitation (falls/orthopaedic/stroke rehab etc.). Patients are transferred here from acute wards for intensive physiotherapy and occupational therapy under a multidisciplinary team.
This ward aims to assist patients to their most independent condition possible and enables safe and stress-free transition from the acute hospital setting to home or to a long term residential care facility, for both the patient and their family.
Directions
Fourth floor, MISA building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Rehabilitation for the older person
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Robert Adams Ward specialises in the care of patients with various cardiovascular conditions and the procedures and investigations to diagnose these conditions. It includes the management of patients after procedures to treat the complications associated with cardiovascular conditions, such as; angiogram, angioplasty, myocardial infarction, pacemaker insertion, insertion of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), etc. The ward also manages the care of patients requiring cardiothoracic procedures, which are performed by the surgical team. Patients are admitted to the ward both electively and via the Emergency Department in the hospital.
Directions
Second floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Cardiac and Thoracic
For more information, you can view the: Robert Adams Ward - Ward Leaflet
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Robinson Ward is part of Hollybrook Lodge, which is the hospital's long stay residential unit for the elderly.
Hollybrook Lodge provides the older person, who due to physical, psychological or social circumstances, requires long term care with safe, effective, quality care in a ‘home from home’ environment. All residents cared for in Hollybrook Lodge have access to specialist medical and nursing care, a wide range of support therapies including physiotherapy, clinical nutrition, medical social work, speech and language therapy and specialist aged-care services and treatments including old age psychiatry, bone health, Memory Clinic etc.
Specialties
Care of the elderly
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Sheila Clarke Ward is a medical unit caring for patients with a variety of cancers and general medical conditions.
Directions
Ground floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Oncology, haematology and medical
For more information, view our ward leaflet here.
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Sir Patrick Duns Ward specialises in both vascular and general (colorectal) surgery. Admissions to this ward are from the Emergency Department (ED), Intensive Care Unit (ICU)/High Dependency Unit (HDU), Outpatient Department or other wards within St James’s Hospital.
Directions
First floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Vascular and general surgery
For more information, you can view the: Sir Patrick Duns Ward - Ward Leaflet.
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Sir William Wilde Ward is part of the Acute Medical Admission Unit (AMAU). The AMAU is a short stay high intensity area receiving acutely ill medical patients mainly from the Emergency Department.
Directions
Ground floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Acute medical admissions
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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St Johns Ward provides care for patients with gynaecological disorders and head and neck cancers. Patients are admitted here both on an elective and emergency basis.
Directions
First floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
ENT and gynaecology
For more information, you can view the: St Johns Ward - Ward Leaflet
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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St Kevins Ward is part of the Acute Medical Assessment Unit (AMAU). The AMAU is a short stay high intensity area receiving acutely ill medical patients mainly from the Emergency Department.
Directions
First floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Acute Medical
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Victor Synge Ward specialises in care for endocrinology, dermatology, rheumatology and general medical patients. The ward has an ablation therapy suite for the treatment of metastasis thyroid cancer.
Directions
Second floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Endocrinology, dermatology, rheumatology and general medicine
For more information, view our ward leaflet here.
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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Ward A is a 28 bedded St James hospital ward based off site in St Lukes Hospital Rathgar. Ward A is located on the first floor in the main St Lukes hospital building. The ward is a transitional care unit providing care to various patient types on a case by case basis. Patients are transferred to Ward A directly from SJH once they are assessed and discussed with bed management SJH and the CNM / nurse in charge Ward A.
Directions
Ward A is based in St Lukes Hospital Rathgar
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.
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William Fownes Ward is an acute admission unit. The unit is a short-term treatment centre and provides a caring, therapeutic and supportive environment, aiming to restore and maintain good health. Patients are treated using a multidisciplinary approach to care, where a treatment programme is devised with attention to individual needs.
Directions
First floor, main hospital building. Finding your way.
Specialties
Acute admission and psychiatry
Directorate
Visiting
The hospital has a number of measures in place to ensure visiting takes place in a way that reduces the spread of infectious diseases, and in turn, best protect patients, visitors and staff. For visiting information or to book a slot, click here.