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OTHER INFO

PUBLIC TELEPHONE

There is a public telephone for your convenience. This is situated at the back of the waiting room next to the public toilets.

THE VICTORIA HOSPITAL

The hospital is next door to the health centre and is a community hospital, which means that your own doctor is in charge of your care there. There are medical, surgical and maternity inpatient beds, also an x-ray department, a physiotherapy department and casualty. If you have an accident or injury, you should attend at casualty, not the health centre.

If you require medical advice when the Health Centre is closed you should first telephone NHS 24 on 08454 24 24 24. If they advise you to attend the emergency centre, this will be in the Victoria Hospital. You will be seen by an emergency nurse practitioner and a doctor may also be called in. All dressings, stitch removals, etc, will be done by the nursing staff at the hospital under the supervision of your own doctor.

Visiting consultants provide Outpatients Clinics at the Victoria Hospital for:

General Surgery	Mr C Bolln	4th Friday of the month
Diabetes	Dr C Jones	Every 3 months
ENT	Mrs C Macandie	1st Tuesday of the month
Ophthalmology	Dr R Paul	Alternate every month -2nd Friday
Obstetrics/Gynaecology	Mr Bollabragadget	Every 2nd Thursday
Orthopaedic	Mr A Chappell	Once a month
Paediatric	Dr G Hunt	Once a month
Dietician	Deborah Kirby r C nnesones J	Once a month
Well Woman	Dr A Berrich	Every Thursday afternoon except for the last Thursday of the month which is in the evening
Orthoptist	Lynn HoodDr	2nd Tuesday of every month
Psychiatry	Dr R Sandler	Once a fortnight on a Tuesday
Cardiac / Stroke	Sister Helen McIntyre	Twice a month

A short distance away is the Victoria Hospital Annexe which is a rehabilitation and long-stay care of the elderly unit with a day hospital. This is under the supervision of a consultant in geriatric medicine, but day-to-day care is given by your own doctor.