Wye Valley NHS Trust

Our Health Visiting clinics are open to parents and carers of children under 5 years old, and they offer you the opportunity to discuss any concerns about your child's health or development and have them weighed. The clinics offered are drop in with the exception of Kington which is a booked clinic, if you would like to book into one of our appointment slots in Kington you can call the Single Point of Access on 07870 682711 (Monday-Friday 9am-4pm). Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Hinton Community Centre 9:30am - 11am    Credenhill St David's Community Centre (HR4 7DQ) 1st Monday of the month 9:30-12midday  Widemarsh Children Centre…

Funeral arrangements The maternity staff will be able to support you in choosing and arranging a funeral for your baby, this may be a burial or cremation. It is important to know, there is no rush and you will be supported and signposted throughout this decision. Remembering your baby The name of your baby will be put into a Book of Remembrance which rests open on the relevant month in the hospital chapel. These names will be read out at our yearly Baby Memorial Service which happens every year in July.If this is something you wish to opt out of,…

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Back to Orthopaedics Mr Iain Bissell Job Title: Consultant Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon and Associate Medical DirectorSpecial interests: Foot and Ankle SurgeryAppointed to Hereford County Hospital 2007 Qualifications Mr Bissell studied medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital London, graduating in 1994. His orthopaedic training was in Oxford and Southampton; completed with fellowships in limb construction with Roger Atkins and foot and ankle surgery with James Calder. Since 2007 he has offered a comprehensive Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle service, including Trauma. He has served as Clinical Director for Trauma and Orthopaedics, during which time the department expanded its’ Upper Limb and Foot and Ankle…

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…

We are committed to reducing the impact on the environment from our activities, wherever possible, whilst at the same time improving the quality of care to our patients and service users and their carers.   We have already taken a number of steps to reduce our carbon footprint at our sites and further steps are underway. These include introducing new technologies to help reduce our carbon emissions at our sites and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels for a greener future.   Green Plan The Trust's Green Plan outlines projects, schemes and activities which will lead the Trust  towards its target of…

Melissa Mayo - Operational Support Officer – Referral Management Centre Typical day for myself would be supporting the day to day running of the RMC and our staff. We have approx. 35 staff within our department with a mixture of clinic clerks and coordinators for a vast range of services within WVT. My main role is to ensure the smooth running of the RMC each day – From workloads, short notice support, processes and also validation into our services PTL’s (2ww, urgent and routine). Having joined the trust in 2016 as a clinic clerk in the RMC, I was always inspired…

Welcome to Wye Valley NHS Trust outpatient services. We aim to provide a quality of care we would want for ourselves, our family, and our friends. Outpatients refer to those who have an appointment in a hospital or clinic but do not need to stay overnight. Such appointments could be for treatment, diagnosis or a procedure. Outpatient clinics and appointments are held at various locations across our hospitals and community sites, including at Hereford County Hospital, Ross, Leominster and Bromyard Community Hospitals, and community clinics. View the map for Hereford County Hospital. Please find below information to help prepare you for…

Take your first step to a smoke free pregnancy Speak to your midwife or our local maternitysmoking cessation support workers who can help you become smoke free.  Our local smoking cessation support workers, Sharon and Anna, are with you every step of the way to help you become smoke free.  They offer a FREE ongoing support, including, weekly meet ups at a venue to suit you and your family and are available for face to face or telephone contacts.  Venues where we can meet you include at your home, hospital clinic appointments and children's centres. Sharon and Anna can also support your partner…

When you have your pregnancy booking appointment your midwife will ask to take some blood samples, one of these will be to find out your blood group.  It will determine whether you are a positive or negative blood group.  If it is found that you have a negative blood group you will be offered Anti-D at different points in your pregnancy.  Anti D is derived from plasma collected from donors, it is a concentrated form of antibodies. A new test is now offered to all women who are Rhesus Negative at 16 weeks gestation.  The blood test will determine whether…