West Cornwall Hospital
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| West Cornwall Hospital Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust |
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Penzance Cornwall, United Kingdom, (UK) |
| Organisation | |
| Care System | NHS |
| Hospital Type | General Hospital |
| Affiliated University | None |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | Yes, Emergency Nurse Practitioner service overnight. |
| Beds | 80 |
| History | |
| Founded | Unknown |
| Links | |
| Website | Homepage |
| See also | Hospitals in the United Kingdom |
West Cornwall Hospital is located in St. Clare street in Penzance.
Contents |
[edit] Services/Wards:
[edit] Casualty
- Triage
- Four cubicles
- Plaster room
- Resuscitation Room
[edit] Medical Admissions Unit
- 22 Beds
- 4 bedded High Dependency Unit
- Portable Cardiac monitoring
- Exercise tolerance test services
[edit] Medical Ward Two
- 28 Beds
- Medical and Rehabilitation
- Care of the Elderly services
[edit] Surgical Unit
- 26 Beds
- Catering for general surgery
- Head Injury neurological observation
- Day cases who require overnight stays
[edit] Theatres
- Two Operating Theatres
- Recovery Unit
- CSSD
[edit] Day Case Unit
- Caters for medical and surgical patients requiring day care, freeing up general beds for longer stays and more high dependent care
[edit] Renal Medicine Unit
- Day Dialysis and renal care
[edit] X-Ray and Ultrasound
- Twenty four hour cover for urgent and non urgent x-rays
- Ultrasounds by referral
[edit] Outpatients
- Outpatient appointments area
- Specialities include surgical, medical, children's medicine and chiropody
[edit] Therapy Department
- Occupational Therapy
- Physiotherapy
- Dietetics
- Speech and Language Therapy
