Reading Hospital NHS Treatment Centre

Name :

Reading Hospital NHS Treatment Centre

Address  :

Swallows Croft
Wensley Road

Town  :

Reading

State  :

Berkshire

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

RG1 6UZ

Phone  :

44 0 118 902 8000

Fax  :

44 0 118 902 8125

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • MRI Scanning
  • Pathology Lab
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 9

Other Facilities

  • Pathology
  • X-Ray
  • CT/MRI

Description

Reading Hospital was purpose built in 1993 and has been designed to combine exceptional standards of patient accommodation with the technical equipment and facilities that modern medicine demands

The theatre department has three main theatres two with laminar flow a sevenbedded recovery area and a dedicated endoscopy suite with a recovery area The theatre department is available for routine and emergency surgery An oncall team is available at all times

The hospital has 52 individual patient rooms and nine twin bedded rooms all with ensuite facilities nurse call system telephone and sky television All patients are under the care of a Consultant and a resident medical officer provides a 24hour service The hospital has a twobedded high dependency unit for patients requiring specialist nursing

The outpatient department in the Mansion adjacent to the hospital has 19 consulting rooms with associated examination and treatment facilities and a minor operating theatre Other outpatient facilities include a large physiotherapy department with a well equipped modern gymnasium audiology xray ultrasound MRI scanning and a pathology laboratory

Disabled access is available to the Mansion House and Hospital sites and lifts to all floors Disabled parking bays are close to both the Mansion House and Hospital Buildings assistance can be given if required
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