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Services

C7 – GI Medical

Visiting times

  • 11am to 7pm every day

No children under the age of 12.

What do I need to bring?

  • Medicines

If you are regularly using medication including tablets, inhalers or creams prescribed by your own doctor or medication you buy from your local pharmacy or health food shop or if you have a special card with details of any treatment, please bring them with you during your hospital stay.

On many wards there are now safe drug storage lockers by your bed where we will store your medication during your stay. We will remove any old or unwanted medication and add any newly prescribed medication to your locker while you are in hospital.

This all helps to make sure you receive the best care. If you are unable or not willing to bring in your own medication please bring an up-to-date list of all your regular medication so we can ensure the drug chart at the end of your bed is correct. Bringing your own medication into hospital is very helpful and can reduce the time you wait for your tablets prior to discharge.

  • Address and telephone number of next of kin
  • Please bring a note of the name, address and telephone number of your next of kin or closest friend.
  • Your letter of admission
  • You will have received this through the post.
  • Personal Property

Please bring with you the following items, as appropriate:

  • Personal toiletries
  • Nightdress/pyjamas
  • Dressing gown
  • Well fitted slippers/footwear
  • Tissues
  • Towels
  • Indoor clothes – if preferred
  • Spectacles, hearing/walking aids etc
  • Single Assessment Folders (SAP)

If you are receiving care and treatment from community and social care staff you may have a Single Assessment Folder (SAP). If so, please bring this to hospital with you.

What NOT to bring with you

Please don’t bring the following into hospital with you:

  • Alcohol
  • Tobacco or tobacco products
  • Outdoor clothing
  • TV and Radio
  • Money and valuables

Security

The ward has a controlled access for security reasons so please use the intercom system and when a staff member answers, please speak into the loudspeaker. It is important that you use this system to gain entry and do not enter unannounced if, for instance, the door is open due to someone else leaving. When you and your visitors leave the ward, it is also important that you do not allow entry to others at the same time.

There is a bespoke treatment room on C7 designated for outpatient Assessment and Intervention (AIR room). You may be asked to attend this area of the ward for assessment prior to your admission, or follow up after your discharge on a daycase basis.

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This service is available at:

  • Russells Hall Hospital

Where to find us

  • Second floor, west wing, Russells Hall Hospital

Telephone numbers

  • (01384) 456111 (Switchboard)
  • Extension 2133 or 2250 (Station 1)
  • Extension 1770 or 3304 (Station 2)
  • Extension 1767 or 3303 (Station 3)

Clinical directorate

  • Acute Specialist Medicine

Management team

  • Dr Francis Egbouno
    Medical service head

Nursing leads

  • Alison Perry
    Matron
  • Sarah Gregory
    Lead nurse

Consultants – 

  • Dr F Egbouno
  • Dr S de Silva
  • Professor S Ishaq
  • Dr D Rattehali
  • Dr R Mahmood
  • Dr Harborne
  • Dr King
  • Dr Neil Fisher

Consultant gastroenterologist – 

  • Dr J Frost

Consultant gastroenterologist and interventional endoscopist –

  • Dr S Shetty