Wye Valley NHS Trust currently works with a large number of organisations and suppliers to maintain the day to day running of the Trust. Our business partners and trading ethos Currently, we do business with over 4,000 suppliers every year and our supplier base is constantly growing. This covers all aspects of sales and service. From medical and surgical, furniture and stationery, legal and consultancy, laboratory equipment and supplies, clothing and IT to name but a few. We welcome your business and we work hard to establish long and mutually beneficial relationships with our suppliers. Always striving to exceed expectations.…

Rehabilitation supports re-learning how to do day-to-day activities following a stroke:  You will be assessed by a variety of healthcare professionals to find out what you used to do before you had the stroke and how it has affected you since. The aims or goals of rehabilitation are then discussed and agreed with you – both for the long term and for whilst you are in hospital. You will be provided with exercises and opportunities to practice skills between your therapy sessions. Your progress is monitored regularly to make sure you are on track and goals can be changed accordingly.…

If you have a flare-up of your Rheumatology symptoms and need advice, follow the steps below and we will help you: 1.     Contact the Rheumatology department: 01432 36 4020 orrheumatology.patient@nhs.net 2.     Leave a voicemail message and include following details: Your full name and date of birth Your hospital number and/or NHS number (if known) Explain that you are having a flare-up and need some clinical advice Please make sure you say you are on PIFU pathway 3.     The team will review your concerns and decide if you need a telephone or face-to-face appointment. 4.     If the team thinks you need…

Your clinician may recommend the PIFU pathway if it is safe for you to manage your own follow-up appointments. Once you and your clinician agree you should go onto a PIFU pathway, your clinician will discuss with you the signs and symptoms of when your Rheumatology condition is active, which will also be highlighted in your clinical letter. You should contact us to arrange an appointment if you experience any of those signs and symptoms. If you are put on a PIFU transfer pathway, at the end of the agreed timeframe, you will receive an appointment. If you do not…

Once you return home from the hospital your community midwife will be in contact to make an appointment with you. The bereavement midwife will also be in contact to make an individualised plan of how to support you, this may be by a home visit, a follow up appointment or by telephone support. When the results from any tests are available or it is appropriate, the bereavement midwife will arrange for you to meet with your consultant to discuss the events of losing your baby and the potential reasons why. The consultant may also help you in planning for another…

The service provides the following: Home visits: For newly diagnosed patients within 2 weeks of their diagnosis. This appointment usually is approximately 2 hours in length For initiation of injection training for the disease modifying training Follow up visit 4 weeks after injection commencement For patients who are in Nursing homes for symptom review and support For patients who are unable to attend clinics for symptom review and support Clinic locations: Sarum House MS Therapy Centre Leominster hospital Ross Hospital Ledbury Hospital Bromyard hospital Kington GP Practice Llandrindod Wells GP Practice Hereford Oxygen & Wellness Therapy Centre Video and Telephone…

We are pleased to welcome you to the purpose built Day Case Surgical Unit at Hereford County Hospital, which opened in July 2024.  The unit provides modern, state-of-the-art facilities, for our patients.   The types of procedure offered in the new unit include a mix of day case surgeries, including gynaecology, urology, general surgical, orthopaedic and cataract procedures. We have three dedicated theatres, including a cataract theatre.    Location The day case surgical unit is located in a new building on the Hereford County Hospital site.  You can access this building through the main hospital reception entrance.  Please follow the main corridor…

Stroke education

Wye Valley NHS Trust’s Breast Team has launched a Breast Pain (Mastalgia) Clinic to help better manage what is a quite common condition which often causes unnecessary anxiety for patients. The new clinic will help to reduce this unnecessary anxiety. A referral to the Breast Team will naturally raise concern. The reality is that these referrals, where breast pain is the main symptom, rarely lead to diagnosis of cancer. This new clinic will reduce the number of referrals and therefore reduce the number of patients experiencing unnecessary worry and concern. At present, more than 20 per cent of referrals to…

Eating a healthy diet and being physically active are especially important in pregnancy as your unborn baby has to get everything it needs to grow and develop from its mother. If your weight is higher or lower than the healthy range when you become pregnant, it can affect your pregnancy as well as your general health. Healthy lifestyle and vitamins in pregnancy What is a healthy weight? We use your height and weight to work out your body mass index (BMI). BMI Healthy range 18.5 to 25 Underweight less than 18.5 Overweight 25 to 30 Obese 30 and above During…