Jessop Wing

Name :

Jessop Wing

Address  :

Tree Root Walk

Town  :

Sheffield

State  :

South Yorkshire

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

S10 2SF

Phone  :

0114 271 1900

Web URL  :

Specialization
  • Gynaecology
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 22


Description

The Jessop Wing opened in 2001 and is a purpose built maternity unit where approximately 7000 babies are born every year

In addition to a 22 bed labour ward there are three postnatal wards and one antenatal ward an admission Triage area and a High Dependency Unit One of the postnatal wards specialises in caring for women who have had a caesarean section In addition the Jessop Wing Community Midwifery Service attend approximately 200 homebirths per year

The Jessop Wing also provides neonatal intensive care and special care for sick and premature babies born in Sheffield and those transferred from other units who require this expertise

On the ground floor of the Jessop Wing is the Antenatal Clinic and Gynaecology Outpatient Clinic The Gynaecology Service also includes two wards on G Floor of the Royal Hallamshire Hospital

The Jessop Wing also has an Assisted Conception Unit for women who require this specialist treatment

The Jessop Wing has disabled access and there are facilities for the disabled
Hospital discharge criticism

The Care Quality Commission CQC which is responsible for reviewing practices at health providers across the UK raised concerns over the hospitals ability to coordinate care for patients when they are discharged to other services The review was designed to see what progress had been made since concerns were first outlined last year The CQC rep... Read More

Third of diabetic patients are victims of medication errors that can cause dangerous blood glucose l

Almost one in three diabetic hospital patients are victims of medication errors that can cause dangerous blood glucose levels a report has found Hospitals in England and Wales made at least one mistake per inpatient in the treatment of 3700 diabetes sufferers in one week data showed During this period the affected patients succumbed to more than ... Read More