Wye Valley NHS Trust

In December 2017, Wye Valley NHS Trust embarked on a fundraising appeal to improve the maternity bereavement facilities, services and aftercare support provided at Hereford County Hospital. A project group was formed to oversee the project. This included patient representatives to look at existing practices and procedures to ensure the new facility offered meets the needs of bereaved families and continually developed, reviewed and improved. The vision was set out in three stages. The first stage was to provide a separate counselling room (to be situated at the end of the second floor corridor) to allow families a separate space…

  Access to the unit - the unit has an intercom system to enter the unit.   Parents and visitors will be asked to confirm your identity by a member of staff, and visitors will be asked who they have come to see.   Please do not allow others to follow you through the door. Infection prevention - Parents and visitors will be asked to wash their hands and apply hand gel on entering the nursery. All outside clothing, such as coats, should be removed and there is a clothes rail to hang these on located in the sitting area, this is to…

  Pain toolkit Pain Management PlanA Great practical book about living with long term pain. Buy it from Amazon or the publisher’s site. Also available from the pain self-management service where you can work through it with support from a clinician. Pain Concern A UK based charity to help people with persistent pain. Good magazine, Pain Matters   Phone: 0300 123 0789 Wonderful online radio programme about pain "Airing Pain" Let’s Talk    Local courses and one-to-one help for depression, anxiety, insomnia etc. 6-week Manage Fibromyalgia and Chronic fatigue course. Refer yourself online or by phone. Phone: 0800 0732200 Samaritans   …

Back to Cardiac Services The Heart Function team are experienced nurses who have undertaken extended training in managing heart function problems. They work closely with the consultant cardiologists and other health care teams.  We aim to help you and your family and/or carer to: Access education and ongoing support and monitoring Benefit from evidence-based medications, procedures & rehabilitation Improve your confidence Improve your quality of life Avoid hospital admissions Shorten any stays in hospital Who can benefit from a consultation with a Heart Function Nurse? You can benefit if you have been told by a doctor that you have Left Ventricular…

The Intensive Therapy Unit has six beds and provides both High Dependency (level 2) and Intensive Care (Level 3). We are able to provide all forms of multi-organ support for critically ill patients. We provide an Outreach service, staffed by experienced critical care nurses. This allows early intervention in critically ill patients, ward staff education and ITU patient follow-up. We are part of the Birmingham and Black Country Critical Network and submit data to the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC). This ensures that we regularly review the outcome of our patients and ensures the provision of a…

Systemic-Anti Cancer Pre-Treatment information and video for patients

About the Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) team The Upper GI (Gastrointestinal) Service at Hereford County Hospital is made up of a skilled and supportive team, including surgeons, specialist nurses, gastroenterologists, radiologists, pathologists, and oncologists. Together, we assess and treat conditions affecting the upper part of your digestive system, including your oesophagus (gullet), stomach, gallbladder, bile ducts, and liver. We provide care for a wide range of non-cancerous (benign) conditions, such as gallstones, acid reflux, and hernias. If a more serious (cancerous) condition is suspected, we will arrange the appropriate investigations and refer you to our specialist cancer team (Upper GI Cancer…

travel costs, health travel costs scheme

Service overview The Health Psychology Service provides specialist psychology services for people affected by Acquired Brain Injury, Stroke, Cancer, Palliative Care and Long-Term Physical Health Conditions.  We provide psychological support through individual, couple, or sometimes family sessions, through groups, and by advising and supporting other services.  We use a range of psychological approaches, and are staffed by clinical psychologists and an assistant psychologist with administrative support. These service pathways aim to help people enjoy a better quality of life, and to live well with the challenges that physical health difficulties can bring.  This typically involves helping people with some of…

About our service and role  Overview of our services  How to contact us Referrals and who can refer Leaflets Sensory workshop and resources for parents and carers Life skills workshop and resources for parents and carers Useful links and resources   Occupational Therapists (OTs) provide a community service for children and young people registered with a Herefordshire GP or Herefordshire council tax household (if referral is for home adaptations/equipment at home) The role of the Occupational Therapist is to assess, evaluate, advise and/or provide intervention for children and young people whose participation in activities of daily living (including self-care, play,…