Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Shown in Greater Manchester
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Farnworth, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, |
| Coordinates | 53°33′14″N 2°25′48″W / 53.553957°N 2.429894°WCoordinates: 53°33′14″N 2°25′48″W / 53.553957°N 2.429894°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Funding | NHS foundation trust |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.boltonhospitals.nhs.uk/ |
The Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is based in the town of Farnworth in The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester (Previously based just outside the town centre opposite Queens Park). It provides NHS health care services for the people in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton and surrounding areas. Prior to its acquisition of Foundation Trust status in October 2008, the trust was known as Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust.
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[edit] Services
The Trust is largely based on one site, the Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth, although some services are provided in other locations within the wider Metropolitan Borough of Bolton.
[edit] Other NHS Trusts on-site
On-site mental health services are provided by Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, and include wards K1-3, Maple House (Psychiatric Intensive Care), Hazelwood, Redwood and Hawthorn House. NHS Bolton (formerly Bolton Primary Care Trust) operates some services on site, including Genito-Urinary Medicine and the BCU (Bolton Community Unit) intermediate care facility. Additionally, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust maintains a Renal Dialysis Unit on site.
[edit] Making It Better
Under the "Making it Better"[1] development plan for Greater Manchester's hospitals, the Royal Bolton Hospital will become one of the three sites to have specialised paediatric and neonatal services.
[edit] Royal Bolton Hospital
The Royal Bolton Hospital is one of the busiest NHS hospitals in the North West and the busiest in Greater Manchester, having over 32,000 admissions in 2007/8 year.[2]
[edit] Wards
- A4 - Acute Stroke Unit (ASU)
- B1 - Paediatrics
- B2 - Discharge Lounge/Planned Investigation Unit (PIU)
- B3/B4 - Complex Care / Endocrine
- C1 - Cardiology and Coronary Care Unit (CCU)
- C2 - Female Complex Care
- C3 - Gastroeneterology
- C4 - Orthopaedics
- D1/D2 - Acute Medical Assessment Unit (AMRU)
- D3/D4 - Respiratory Medicine
- E3/E4 - General Surgery
- F3 - Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU)
- F4 - Orthopaedics/Urology
- F5 - Breast Surgery/ENT
- F6 - Elective Surgery/High Dependency Unit (HDU)
- G3 - Orthopaedics/Trauma Stabilisation Unit (TSU)
- G4 - Orthopaedics
- G5 - Paediatric Assessment Unit/Paediatric Surgery
- G6 - Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- H1 - Women's Health Unit
- H2 - Ophthalmology/Day Surgery
- H3 - Bolton Community Unit (BCU)
- J1 - 65+ psychiatric ward
- J2/Redwood - 65+ psychiatric ward
- K1 - Psychiatric ward
- K2 - Psychiatric ward
- K3 - Psychiatric ward
- Maple House - Psychiatric intensive care unit ward
- M1 - Gynaecology
- M2 - Ante-Natal Unit
- M3-M6 - Obstetrics & Maternity
- N3 - Complex Care
- N4 - Stroke Rehabilitation Unit
Other facilities at the Royal Bolton Hospital include:
- Accident and Emergency (incorporating Children's A&E)
- Bolton Breast Unit (which covers Bolton, Bury and parts of Wigan)
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- Endoscopy (including dedicated Bowel Cancer Screening unit)
- Pathology; including Haematology, Microbiology and Clinical Biochemistry
- Radiology
[edit] Education
The Trust is an Associated Teaching Hospital allied to Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, and contributes to the training of medical students from The University of Manchester.
A large number of Nursing students from the University of Salford train at Bolton in each of the Adult, Child and Mental Health disclipines.
