South Hams (kingsbridge) Hospital

Details

Name :

South Hams (kingsbridge) Hospital

Address  :

Plymouth Road

Town  :

Kingsbridge

State  :

Devon

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

TQ7 1AT

Phone  :

01548 852349

Fax  :

01548 857727

Web URL  :

Not Available

Description

General information South Hams Hospital has 14 inpatient beds an MIU open 900am 500pm 7 days a week a busy Outpatient Department X Ray Department a Day Hospital and a Physiotherapy Outpatient Department The overall team is managed by the Matron but day to day by the Senior Clinicians Community Nurses Community Reablement Health Visitors and Midwives are also based at the hospital

Visiting times Visitors to the ward are welcome every day between 230pm and 830pm

Services provided at this hospital The hospital hosts a large number of Outpatient services provided by clinicians from Derriford Hospital Devon PCT and Devon Partnership Trust Clinics are provided in the following specialities general mediciine general surgery vascular surgery orthopaedics rheumatology urology gastroenterology ENT renal gynaecology amp antenatal paediatrics respiratory plastic surgery dermatology ophthalmology opthometry colorectal psychiatry psychology audiology hearing assessment children hearing therapy diabetic liaison nurse paediatric diabetes podiatry family planning services dentistry continence services speech amp language therapy ultrasound Triangle Centre cancer support orthotics genitourinary medicine alchohol amp drugs service dietetics family consultation service stoma nurse heart failure tissue viability falls group baby clinics child health clinics child development clinics parenting classes ante amp postnatal groups carers group cardiac rehabilitation programme
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