Wye Valley NHS Trust

Emergency Department (A&E) at Hereford County Hospital

Welcome to Wye Valley NHS Trust Community Diagnostic Centre, which is located on the northern side of Hereford city. This purpose-built centre offers modern facilities and state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment. It brings together the latest MRI, CT, X-ray, and Ultrasound technology, enabling us to play a vital role in identifying and treating illnesses more quickly and closer to home.

Accident and Emergency Department (A&E) Hereford county hospital

The department of Podiatric Surgery serves communities from Herefordshire and the surrounding counties. Below is a table outlining the locations that we provide these services from. Please contact the department for more information.  Herefordshire Belmont Day surgery unit / Clinic Ledbury Community Health and Care Centre Ross-on-Wye hospital (MSK clinic) Leominster hospital (MSK clinic)  Gloucestershire Tetbury Hospital - day case surgery also performed Tewkesbury Community Hospital Gloucester City Open Access Clinic  Shropshire/Telford & Wrekin Bridgnorth Hospital - day case surgery also performed Apley Clinic, Princess Royal Hospital Ludlow Hospital  Gwent Monmouth Monnow Vale Health and Social Care Facility St Joseph's…

The main entrance of the The County Hospital is located in Stonebow Road. The maps below show where the hospital is situated, along with locations of the main departments and wards. Main routes into Hereford (links to Google Maps) Ward/Department map Map of hospital site Walking is often the quickest and easiest way to get around the city, if you are able to do this.  Walking routes across Hereford.  Please find below information about bus and train travel, travelling by car, parking charges and concessions, parking for disabled people, community hospital parking and help with travel costs. Bus and train travel…

Back to Rapid Cardiology The two carotid arteries are the main vessels that supply blood to the brain. They originate from the main arteries of the body (the aorta and brachiocephalic artery) in the chest and travel up through the neck and into the skull. Atherosclerosis of the right or left carotid artery is the most common cause of a stroke. A carotid duplex scan is a technique to take a picture of these arteries using sound waves (ultrasound). A sound-wave transducer is placed gently on the neck. The walls and interior of the artery are visualised and the velocity…

Back to Cardiac Services Cardiology Cardiology is the medical speciality dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the heart. Cardiologists are specialists in diseases of the heart. The biggest area of heart disease treated is coronary artery disease e.g. angina. Also treated are abnormal heart rhythms, heart failure, high blood pressure and some rarer conditions. Cardiologists usually treat heart disease with drugs. Some of them are also able to provide treatment for coronary heart disease with coronary angioplasty (a procedure by which the arteries of the heart are widened). If heart surgery is required, a cardiologist…

Elaine Taylor started working for Wye Valley NHS Trust in August 2005 after qualifying as a Diagnostic Radiographer.  My name is Elaine Taylor and I am a Sonographer working in the Radiology department. I started working at the Trust in August 2005. I had just qualified as a Diagnostic Radiographer at Birmingham City University. I gained much experience working as a general Radiographer undertaking theatre work as well as x-raying patients from the wards, GP’s and outpatients.  I found my time as a Radiographer very rewarding and the help and support from my colleagues in radiology stood me in good…

Back to Cardiac Services Hereford Cardiology Unit (also known as Heart & Lung) is based in the Oxford Suite at Hereford Hospitals. The team comprises of a mixture of specialities from clinical cardiac physiology, nursing and medicine.  The Unit conducts a variety of clinics and carry out a number of diagnostic tests for a wide range of cardiac conditions: Electrocardiography (ECG) – a recording of the heart electrical activity which is helpful in diagnosing various conditions Echocardiography – a detailed examination using ultrasound that enables the valves and chambers of the heart to be viewed in detail Walking monitoring where we use a…

Information audiology (hearing) department at Wye Valley NHS Trust