Best hospitals in Wales

By | July 10, 2015
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Best hospitals in Wales – Top 25 best hospitals includes nhs, a&e, psychiatric, mental, private, acute and maternity hospitals in Bridgend, Newport, Gorseinon, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Knighton, Vale of Glamorgan, Pontypool and Denbigh in Wales, UK.

List of top 25 best hospitals in Wales !

Glanrhyd Hospital, Bridgend

Glanrhyd Hospital is situated in Penyfai, on the outskirts of Bridgend. Glanrhyd Hospital provides a range of inpatient Mental Health facilities including EMI Assessment, Respite Care and long stay beds and Elderly Functionally Ill Unit, Continuing Care, Rehabilitation and Respite Care beds for Adult Services. In addition, the Cam Cyntaf (first steps) Day Centre provides a range of Day Care activities both at Glanrhyd and in a variety of settings within the community.

Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport

This District General Hospital, with more than 3,400 staff and approximately 774 beds, provides a comprehensive range of hospital services for inpatients, day cases and outpatients. The Health Board as a whole serves a population of more than 600,000 and many of the inpatient and specialist services at the Royal Gwent Hospital support the entire catchment area. Outpatient services are utilised primarily by those in Newport and the surrounding area.

In recent years a massive redevelopment programme has been undertaken to provide a new Cardiology Unit, Medical Day Case Unit, Medical Admissions Unit, Paediatric A&E, complete refurbishment of the outpatient facilities and a £5m Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Unit. Work has now been completed on an expansion to the Main Delivery Unit, with two new obstetric operating theatres, high dependancy beds, extra delivery rooms and a six bed post operative support ward. A new trauma and orthopaedic unit has been opened at St Woolos Hospital (situated close to the Royal Gwent Hospital), this unit has a state of the art operating theatre suite with clean air flow systems throughout and voice activated surgical equipment.

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St Cadoc’s Hospital, Caerleon, Newport

St Cadoc’s Hospital provides the following services: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) provides assessment and therapeutic treatment services for children from infancy to 16 years old. The service is offered to emotionally disturbed and mentally ill children within Gwent along with their families. Their Adult Mental Health Services are provided by 3 Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) for people between 16 and 64 years. Each team covers a specific geographical area. A variety of services are provided which include inpatient treatment, outpatient clinics, group work and day care etc. Their Elderly Mental Health Services provides assessment and treatment of organic illnesses, e.g. Alzheimer’s disease; functional illnesses, such as depression and schizophrenia; support care and respite care. These services are provided by 5 multi-disciplinary CMHTs to people aged 65 and over. Services also include inpatient treatment, outpatient clinics, domiciliary visits, group work and day care.

Gorseinon Hospital, Gorseinon

Gorseinon Hospital has a total of 66 beds, 44 of which provide assessment and rehabilitation for the elderly.  The remaining  20 beds provide intermediate care including 6 designated for arthroplasty patients. The unit is supported by a multidisciplinary team.

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St David’s Hospital, Canton, Cardiff

The hospital currently includes a range of services:
  • in-patient Gerontology services
  • in-patient and day hospital Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP)
  • a Children’s Centre
  • Children and Adolescent Mental Health Unit
  • General and Specialist Out-patient Services
  • Primary Dental Care Unit
  • the West Cardiff Community Mental Health Team (CMHT)
  • the Community Resource Team for the North and West Cardiff Locality.

Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil

Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil has around 430 beds, and provides acute emergency and elective medical and surgical services, Intensive Care and Coronary Care; consultant-led obstetrics services with Special Care Baby Unit, inpatient consultant-led paediatric medicine and has a busy Accident and Emergency unit. There are seven operating theatres. The hospital also provides sub-regional oral and maxillo facial services, a full range of locally provided and visiting specialist outpatient services and has an extensive range of diagnostic services and facilities including 64 slice CT, Nuclear Medicine and MRI. State of the art facilities are provided within the Radiology Department and the hospital is close to being film less with digital images and reports available to clinicians across the site.

Knighton Hospital, Knighton

Willis-Knighton South opened in southwest Shreveport in 1982 as South Park Hospital, the first satellite hospital in the state. It provides critical, emergency and general medical care with a focus on women’s services at the adjacent Center for Women’s, which features the health system’s neonatal intensive care unit. Also at the Center for Women’s Health is the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit under the direction of an experienced board-certified pediatric critical care specialist. The unit at Willis-Knighton South offers patients and their parents a convenient suburban location with a full array of services for children. Also on campus are the Institute for Behavioral Medicine, WK South Wellness Center, WKQuick Care, WK Work Kare and numerous physician office buildings. The campus includes WK Canterbury Square which houses outpatient services like the WK Hyperbaric and Wound Care Center.

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Barry Hospital, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan

Barry Community Hospital was opened in 1995 and offers Vale of Glamorgan residents a variety of primary and secondary care services, including: Outpatients, Minor Injuries, Radiology, Rehabilitation Wards, Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) Wards, Therapies, Dental, GP and Out of Hours Services.

County Hospital, Pontypool

County Hospital is a very busy community hospital which provides inpatient and outpatient services for the residents of Torfaen. It is conveniently located in the middle of Gwent being 8 miles north of the City of Newport and 12 miles south of Abergavenny. The hospital receives patients who normally reside in Torfaen, from both the Royal Gwent and Nevill Hall Hospitals for rehabilitation after strokes or orthopaedic surgery, as well as for general convalescence.The hospital also accomodates patients waiting for placement in nursing or residential care homes and direct admission from home is accepted into General Practitioner medical beds.The hospital offers a range of services including:

  • a day hospital
  • outpatient clinics
  • cardiac rehabilitation service
  • X-Rays
  • physiotherapy
  • diabetes specialist nurse
  • occupational therapy

Denbigh Infirmary, Denbigh

The hospital has 44 inpatient beds.  The inpatient specialties are Care of the Elderly and GP Medical beds.  Consultant outpatient and community clinics are held and dental and x-ray services provided. Other services provided include:

  • Outpatient and inpatient Physiotherapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Macmillan Unit
  • Day Unit
  • Chiropody
  • Midwives
  • District Nurses.

The other hospitals that make it to the list of top 25 best hospitals in Wales includes the following:

Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan

H.M. Stanley Hospital, St. Asaph

Prince Phillip Hospital, Llanelli

University Dental Hospital, Cardiff

Neath Port Talbot Hospital, Port Talbot

Cardigan & District Memorial Hospital, Cardigan

Mynydd Mawr Hospital, Llanelli

Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant

Builth Wells Hospital, Builth Wells

Llandovery Hospital, Llandovery

Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend

Ysbyty Cwm Cynon, Mountain Ash

Llandough Hospital, Llandough, Vale of Glamorgan

Conwy Hospital, Conwy

Llanfrechfa Grange Hospital, Cwmbran

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