Wye Valley NHS Trust

Francis Martin, chair Frances Martin became chair of Wye Valley NHS Trust on 1 April 2026, following previous roles at the Trust as non executive director and deputy chair. Having originally trained as a mental health nurse, Frances has spent the majority of her career working in senior leadership roles in health and social care. With a lifelong commitment to enabling joined up, ‘personalised care’, her professional roles have included working in acute, ambulance, community and primary healthcare in operational, regulatory, commissioning and strategic roles. Two years as sales and operations director in a manufacturing company expanded her knowledge of the…

Preparing for the birth/birth bag If your labour is being induced, there may be a break of 24-48 hours between the medication needed, in this time you may be offered to return home, although this isn’t mandatory. The induction of labour will be discussed with you in depth by a consultant to help you make a decision. When you first visited the hospital, if you weren’t given a leaflet called ‘The Alternative Birth Bag’ please contact the bereavement midwife. Alternatively some information is available on the BeyondBea website. 

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The Nephrology (Renal) Department at Hereford County Hospital (Wye Valley NHS Trust) is a satellite tertiary care service for care patients who require urgent or routine referrals for outpatient care. Urgent inpatient care is provided initially by an Acute Medical Team with access to the Nephrology Specialism for advice and guidance when it is required.. The regional (Hub) for Nephrology (Renal) services is at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust).  There is 24 hour access to renal services provided by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital UHB NHS Trust and there is also a satellite renal service at Worcester…

Gynaecology is the branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the woman’s reproductive system. We deal with various women’s health problems including early pregnancy ones. The doctors in the department are also obstetricians and so work closely with the midwives in the maternity department. There are some clinics that take place on the second floor Women's Health area and are shared with the antenatal clinics and the pregnancy scanning department. To change or cancel your appointment, please call the telephone number on your appointment letter, or call our Referral Management Centre 01432 257810. Much of our work is general gynaecology…

Same Day Emergency Care Unit (FSDEC) is an extension of the emergency department. The unit provides specialist care which focusses on providing a safe, timely discharge following a comprehensive assessment on the same day.

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