(previously called Accident and Emergency)
Location
Emergency department, level 1, Royal Derby Hospital
Tel: 01332 783111
On entering hospital grounds follow red signs for A+E.
If inside the hospital, exit via entrance 9 and turn left.
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- Pharmacies
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- Walk-in centres
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About
The emergency department provides a 24 hour emergency service to a population in excess of 600,000 within Southern Derbyshire.
We treat around 350 new patients per day. A six-bedded adult emergency observation / treatment ward is located within the adult department to facilitate overnight observation of head injury patients.
There is a separate Children’s emergency department which is located within the Adult emergency department.
The Adult department comprises the following facilities:
- an advanced initial assessment area in majors (pit stop)
- 6 bedded resuscitation room
- 17 bay / roomed major area
- 2 triage see and treat rooms
- minor area with a number of assessment and procedure cubicles, 1 eye / ENT room, 2 dressing rooms and a separate sub-waiting area.
- plaster room
- 2 relative’s room and a bereavement bay
The Children’s department consists of:
- 2 bedded resuscitation room
- 9 examination rooms
- plaster room
- relative’s room
Services
Emergency care for sick patients and for those with injuries incurred within the last 24 hours
Other information
Please try to ensure you have the means to travel home if admission is not required
