The Great Western Hospital

Trust: Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust

Address:

The Great Western Hospital
Marlborough Road
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN3 6BB

Hospital Tel: 01793 604020

Anaesthetic Dept Tel: 01793 605229

Anaesthetic Dept Fax: 01793 605232

The Great Western Hospital is a large District General Hospital, the Department provides Anaesthesia for Ophthalmic, ENT, Oral, Orthopaedic, Emergency Medicine, Gynaecology, General, Urological and Vascular Surgery. There are 15 operating theatres all equipped with modern anaesthetic machines and full monitoring equipment.

The Obstetric Unit is housed one floor above main theatres.  There is a Delivery Suite with integral operating theatre.  A Special Care Baby Unit is nearby.  A 24-hour epidural service is provided with 11 dedicated anaesthetic sessions to the Delivery Suite per week.  A regular antenatal anaesthetic assessment clinic is held fortnightly.

The Pain Clinic offers an outpatient service for chronic pain sufferers.  Four sessions per week are devoted to this.  A Pain Management Programme which runs in conjunction with colleagues from Clinical Physiology, Occupational Health and Physiotherapy, takes place twice a year.  There is an Acute Pain Team, led by Dr Baigel with four nursing sisters.

An Anaesthetic Pre-assesment Clinic led by Dr Clare van Hamel is run daily to see patients with potential anaesthetic problems.