Weston General Hospital

Name :

Weston General Hospital

Address  :

Grange Road
Uphill

Town  :

WestonSuperMare

State  :

Somerset

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

BS23 4TQ

Phone  :

01934 636 363

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

weston.enquiries@nhs.net

Description

Weston is a 327 bed hospital with 1800 staff The Trust is making good progress all the time The Trust is required to make an annual declaration to the Care Quality Commission on its assessment against the 44 Core Standards This replaces the Annual Health Check by the independent Healthcare Commission See the Trusts declaration for 20082009
We want to help you to get the right treatment at the right time For visitors find out about visiting times and advice on useful things to bring for patients or why not get a request played on Sunshine Radio for a relative or friend in the hospital

The hospital includes an Emergency department Intensive Care Unit and Day Case Unit We also have a new acute ward and community childrens services

Our maternity unit is the largest midwiferyled unit in the country Wed like to have your feedback on our maternity services and also read the outcome of the public engagement review of Maternity and Newborn Services

Delivering an 18 week patient pathway from GP referral to the start of treatment by the end of 2008 is a key objective for the NHS Find out more about the 18 weeks project

The WISH Centre is based at the Trust for all your contraception and sexual health care

Remember you dont need health insurance to have private treatment find out more about our Waterside Suite

On the ground floor of the Hospital we have a Chapel and the Chaplain is Dawn Mather find out more about this

When visiting the hospital please help us to keep the NHS smokefree by NOT smoking in either the hospital buildings or grounds Smoking is NOT permitted outside the hospital because it drifts through clinic and office windows and exposes staff and patients to secondhand smoke

Within the Trust we do our best at all times to ensure we look after you well If you have any concerns please contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service who can provide help advice and support for patients relatives visitors and carers

This website will keep you up to date with our news current job vacancies and public initiatives It will also tell you about the Trust and how to find us

Finally if you are having trouble finding anything on the site why not try the AZ page also provided is a Useful Links page taking you to other NHS related websites which you may find helpful

History

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York later King George VI and the late Queen Mother officially opened the Queen Alexandra Memorial Hospital on the Boulevard WestonsuperMare in 1928 Over the years equipment was added and updated Portable and temporary buildings were added to the Hospital in an attempt to keep pace with the growing needs of the community

However with the growth in the town of Weston and in particular around the area of Worle it became quite evident that the type of health care and hospitals Weston had seen in the past would not meet the needs of the future

Much debate took place resulting in a new hospital being built and opened on 16 September 1986 on the edge of Uphill village The Hospital now has 327 beds and employs approximately 1800 highly skilled staff

Each year the Trust seems to manage to treat an even greater number of patients with limited resources It is all too easy for those of us in the Trust to forget how often we touch the lives of people in our community