The Acute Care Unit C is a very busy unit providing assesment and treatment for emergency medical patients who are admitted from both A&E and directly from their GP's.

The ACU C is a 38 bedded ward.

We aim to provide high quality nursing care and treatment for all our patients and welcome your comments and suggestions for improving our service.

ACU C is located in College Road Wing.

What to Expect When you are Admitted to our Ward

On arrival all patients are assessed in the triage area. Some patients may have to wait to be seen if the doctor is busy with a particularly ill patient.

The assessment process will include having your blood pressure, pulse and respiration rate recorded. We will also need to take blood and will arrange a chest x-ray and perform an ECG (tracing of the heart). These are all routine procedures which will help staff to prioritise your care.

Once patients have been seen by a doctor and a decision has been made about care and treatment, the nurse in charge of the ward will move you to a bed on ACU C.

If you were in A&E you will already have been assessed. We usually admit you directly into a bed on the ward area.

ACU C is a short stay unit and we aim to transfer patients to an appropraite ward within 24 hours of arrival.

Although ACU C is very busy we strive to provide the highest satndard of nursing care in a friendly and caring enviroment. On admission to the ward area you will be introduced to the nurse who will undertake responsibility for your care and who will be able to provide information about your planned treatment.

We have 12 consultant Physicians working within the medical unit, each has a particular speciality. On arrival on ACU C you will be placed under the care of the consultant "on call" for all new medical admissions that day. You will be seen by a senior doctor from your consultant's team who will perform a comprehensive physical examination and plan your care and treatment. The consultant will review this plan on the ward round the following morning and you will have the opportunity to raise any concerns and ask questions about your care.

Please be aware that the Trust is now a smoke free NHS. Smoking is not permitted in any building or within the grounds of any of our sites. Information and support is available to any patients who wish to stop smoking. Nicotine Replacement Therapy is available to help reduce your cravings during your stay.