Anaesthetics
Opening times
Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4.30pm
Telephone
Appointment information - 01493 452739. General enquiries - 01493 452475. An answer phone is available on 01493 452476 out of hours.
Location
First floor, on the corridor to Ward 4/5.
The Anaesthetic Department is a large department within the Trust, comprising of more than 40 doctors of varying seniority and administrative/secretarial staff.
We provide anaesthetic support in many different ways to the whole Trust.
What services are provided?
Our doctors have a wide and varied outlook and provide anaesthetic services and expertise in many areas within the hospital setting including:
- Operating Theatres
- Maternity
- Anaesthetic Antenatal clinic
- Intensive Care/High Dependency Unit
- Community Dentals
- Acute and Chronic Pain
- MRI
- Endoscopy
- Anaesthetic Assessment Clinic – We run a comprehensive outpatient service for patients needing anaesthetic assessments pre-operatively
- Pre-assessment - We run a comprehensive outpatient service for patients with planned operations
- Teaching – For our own trainees, other hospital staff and medical students
- Teaching – Paramedic students
In addition we provide emergency cover to patients at all times, for example to very sick patients in Accident & Emergency or those patients requiring intensive care from the wards; on the Labour Ward; and to patients who need emergency operations.
How can I get a referral?
Referrals are made through the surgical pathways or by direct referrals from other clinicians within the hospital. Occasional referrals from GPs also occur.
