Wye Valley NHS Trust

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The Annual Report provides a summary of the performance of Wye Valley NHS Trust. Archive of Annual Reports 2024/25 Annual General Meeting Minutes 2024 approved Annual Report 2024/25 Final Accounts 2024/25 Quality Account 2024/25 If you require Annual Reports, Audit letters, Annual Accounts that are not available on this page, please contact the Trust communications team.

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About the service Our health visiting teams work with families, early years, health colleagues and other agencies to support the health and wellbeing of pre-school children across Herefordshire. Health visitors are qualified nurses or midwives who have additional training in specialist community and public health nursing. They have specialist training in children's development and health promotion. The health visiting teams comprise health visitors, community staff nurses, and community nursery nurses. As a service, we are committed to supporting the training of students, so students may accompany us during visits. If you would prefer for a student not to be present,…

The Urology department deals with both male and female urinary and genital problems which might require medical or surgical treatment. Wye Valley NHS Trust is part of the Three Counties Cancer Network and all patients are discussed at a Multidisciplinary Team meeting with Pathology, Radiology and Oncology colleagues. Urgent Suspected Cancer Referral – appointment and diagnosis within 28 days The Urgent Suspected Cancer(USC) Referral pathway is a referral pathway for patients with signs and symptoms of suspected cancer. The USC pathway aims to provide patients with a diagnosis or ruling out of cancer within 28 days of referral. Your GP…

The Respiratory Department manages a significant amount of patients in the outpatient setting. This is where people are investigated, managed and monitored by attending clinics. Patients who visit from home (also called “outpatients”) are given medical treatment or advice in these clinics and often receive regular follow up. Clinics are led by a clinician that can be a doctor or allied healthcare professional with specialist knowledge about Respiratory or a sub-specialty of Respiratory. They are accessed via GPs or by other means via a healthcare provider where a request for review is made and sent to a member of the…

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…

The Haematology Department provides diagnostic (often on a one-stop basis) and treatment facilities for a wide range of benign and malignant conditions including acute and chronic leukaemias, myeloma, lymphomas, anaemias, bleeding and clotting disorders. The department runs anticoagulation clinics across the county in Ross on Wye, Ledbury, Leominster, Kingsland and Hereford using near patient testing and computerised decision support software (DAWN system). Clinics are staffed by nurses or Biomedical scientists with a specialist qualification in anticoagulant care. Urgent Suspected Cancer Referral – appointment and diagnosis within 28 days The Urgent Suspected Cancer(USC) Referral pathway is a referral pathway for patients…

Local Counter Fraud Specialist We have a Local Counter Fraud service provided for Wye Valley NHS Trust who hold the required accreditation to undertake such work. The Trust is responsible for the administration of public funds for the purpose of providing health care to the community we serve. It is recognised that the existence of fraud and corruption threaten to prevent these funds providing maximum benefit to patients. The Trust takes a robust response to these threats as reflected in the Counter Fraud and Corruption Policy and by developing an organisational culture that is intolerant of fraud and corruption. Suspicions…