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The Gynaecology Inpatient Wards provide dedicated care for Gynaecology patients requiring treatments/surgery; either elective or emergency.

Our wards are multi-professional with a dedicated team of specialist consultants, nurses, healthcare assistants, physiotherapists and clerical staff working together to ensure that each patient receives outstanding care.

We operate an ERAS programme in Gynaecology. The aim of this programme is to get women back to full health as quickly as possible after surgery, empowering them to take an active part in their recovery. Research has shown that after surgery, the sooner patients mobile and the earlier they are eating and drinking, the quicker their recovery will be. They are less likely to develop complications after surgery, such as chest infections and blood clots.

The main elements of the ERAS programme include:

1. Maximising health pre-operatively
2. Pre-operative assessment and preparation
3. Good care planning and pain relief after surgery
4. Early mobilisation and return to eating and drinking as soon as possible after surgery.

We encourage and support people to stay connected to those who matter most in their lives while they are in hospital. This page provides details of current visiting arrangements in place, and guidance and safety measures everyone needs to follow. Person Centred Visiting is in place across NHSGGC.

Person Centred Visiting means we will work together with patients, family members and staff so that care is in line with the following core principles:

• Welcoming – we welcome and encourage the involvement of the people who matter to patients.
• Patient Led – We are guided by patients when the people who matter will visit, how they would like them involved in their care, and when they want to rest.
• Partnership – we work in partnership with the people who matter to patients
• Flexibility – we have no set visiting times
• Respect – we respect people individual needs and act on an individual basis to ensure the safety, privacy and dignity of all patients. This means there may be times when we need to ask people to leave a clinical area temporarily.

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital – Ward 49

• Senior Charge Nurse: Christine Dunn
• Telephone number: 0141 201 2282

Royal Alexandra Hospital – Ward 32

• Senior Nurse in Charge: Nikki Harvey
• Telephone number: 0141 314 7032

Glasgow Royal Infirmary – Ward 56

• Senior Charge Nurse: Julie Graham
• Telephone number: 0141 201 3371 or 0141 201 3363

The emergency gynaecology departments are available to patients who need seen urgently and cannot wait for an outpatient appointment. This may include certain patients with early pregnancy problems.

You will either be referred directly to Emergency Gynaecology by your GP or transferred from the relevant hospitals Emergency Department (Accident and Emergency).

You can attend this unit only if your General Practitioner (GP) has assessed you and has discussed your case with the consultant on-call. If you have not been assessed by your GP and you feel your case is an emergency, you should attend your local Accident and Emergency Department.

The service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

When you arrive in Emergency Gynaecology Service, a member of staff will register your details and carry out some basic observations (blood pressure, pulse, temperature and urine checks). A doctor will talk to you about your symptoms and after discussion carry out any examinations, tests, scans or investigations needed. You may be able to go home after these things have been completed although some women need to be admitted to the ward.

If you attend over the weekend or in the evening and you need an ultrasound scan, this may be arranged for the next available appointment, which may be 2 to 3 days later.

In some cases you may be asked to return for repeat blood tests or scans. You will be given an appointment time for this. Please note that whilst we make every effort to see you at the appointed time, it is not always possible if there are unwell or upset patients needing to be seen urgently.

If you are discharged from our care but your symptoms return, please contact us for further advice. We will provide you with follow up contact details when you are discharged.

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Gynaecology Emergency Service

• Call: 0141 201 2249
• Charge nurses: Jill McCafferty and Evonne Nicholson

Glasgow Royal Infirmary Gynaecology Emergency Service

• Call: 0141 201 3371
• Charge Nurses: Lisa Thomson and Susan Gilchrist

Royal Alexandra Hospital Gynaecology Emergency Service

• Call: 0141 314 7032
• Charge Nurses: Pauline Turner and Gillian McLean

Information coming here soon.

Glasgow

• New Stobhill Hospital
• New Victoria Hospital
• Glasgow Royal Infirmary
• Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Clyde

• Royal Alexandra Hospital
• Inverclyde Royal Hospital
• Vale of Leven Hospital

Our gynaecology clinic see women for a range of different gynaecological conditions and some disorders of the female genito urinary tract including:

• Heavy/Irregular vaginal bleeding
• Chronic pelvis pain
• Menopause
• Premature ovarian failure
• Premenstrual syndrome
• Uterine fibroids
• Ovarian cyst
• Vulval conditions
• Prolapse
• Fertility issues

Before you attend the clinic you will be sent a leaflet explaining what to expect and outlining possible procedures which may be carried out during your visit.

It can be useful to write down any questions you may have about your condition and future management before your appointment and bring it with you so you don’t forget to ask during the appointment.

When you arrive at clinic you can either check-in at the self-service points in the entrance hall or go straight the clinic reception area who will direct you to the waiting area.

You will then be invited into a consultation room where you will be seen by a doctor or a nurse specialist. You will have a medical history taken and be asked about your symptoms and current health status.

If you require an examination or any test that can be arrange at the clinic the doctor or nurse will arrange for these to be performed. If the results are not available immediately the doctor or nurse will arrange a follow up appointment either by telephone or returning to the clinic. If the results are available the doctor or nurse will discuss the finding with you and the plan for any further investigations or treatment.

Your doctor or nurse will write to you and your GP with the results of your investigations and will arrange any further treatment that is needed.

You can be referred by your GP or by a hospital consultant.

New Stobill Hospital

• Charge Nurse: Shona Brown
• Telephone number: 0141 355 1220

New Victoria Hospital

• Senior Charge Nurse: Karen Nicolson
• Telephone number: 0141 347 8404

Glasgow Royal Infirmary

• Senior Charge Nurse: Janet Craig
• Telephone number: 0141 211 8570

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

• Charge Nurse: Rosie McClusckey
• Email: Endometriosis.WOS@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

Royal Alexandra Hospital

• Senior Charge Nurse: Kelsey Rollo
• Telephone number: 0141 314 9553

Inverclyde Royal Hospital

• Charge Nurse: Jennifer Harvey
• Telephone number: 01475 504542

Vale of Leven Hospital

• Charge Midwife: Marie Whalen
• Telephone number: 01389 817275

We provide dedicated care for our patients with the support from a Multi Professional dedicated team of Specialist Consultants, Nurses, Pain Management Team, Urology and Bowel Surgeons and clerical staff together to ensure the patient receives outstanding care.

The Consultants are experts in woman’s health and the management of endometriosis, including the most complex surgical techniques. The management of your care will be in discussion with you and how this supports you and your symptoms.

The Consultants operate weekly outpatient’s clinic appointments and surgical intervention.

The Endometriosis Nurse Specialist operates outpatient’s clinic and telephone consultations, and will provide you with ongoing support.

The service is accessed via a referral system from either your gynaecologist or GP and concentrating on patients with confirmed advanced endometriosis.

Please bring any menstrual/pain diary with you to allow this to be discussed at your consultation.  This assessment is important to tailor your proposed care to your specific needs. Questions will involve your menstrual, bowel and bladder activities together with any potential future fertility plans.

It can be useful to write down any questions you may have about your condition and future management before your appointment and bring it with you so you don’t forget to ask during the appointment. 

The Consultant will go through your history with you. You will then be examined (this includes vaginal examination) and may also undergo transvaginal ultrasound scan. If you are on your menstrual period that shouldn’t be a problem and you can still have examination and ultrasound unless you prefer not to. 

The next step is a discussion of available options. We will formulate a treatment plan that may involve medical or surgical management. If surgical option is appropriate the waiting time for this will be depended on whether you will require input from other surgical specialities i.e. bowel surgeons, urology surgeons.

Specialist Consultants

• Dr Robert Hawthorn
• Dr Karina Datsun

Clinical Nurse Specialist

• Rosie McCluskey

Secretary to Dr Hawthorn and Dr Datsun

• Email Carole Carruth: Email-Carole.Carruth@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
• Phone: 0141 201 2264
• Nurse specialist Email: Endometriosis.WOS@ggc.scot.nhs.uk

More information coming soon.

Check your appointment letter to see if you need to do anything to prepare for your appointment.

What to bring to your first outpatient appointment:

• your appointment letter
• a list of any medicines you are taking
• any samples your appointment letter asks you to bring
• money for prescriptions, or an exemption certificate
• a list of questions you want to ask

You will be seen by a specialist doctor. They will ask about your symptoms and your medical history and explain any tests you may need. They will also talk through with you what will happen next.

We treat the following:

• brain aneurysm and subarachnoid haemorrhage with the use of coils, stents, and other devices
• stroke by retrieving blood clots from the brain, known as mechanical thrombectomy
• brain tumours using embolisation (depriving lesions of blood flow)
• head and neck tumours (such as paraganglioma) using embolisation
• brain and spine arteriovenous malformations and dural arteriovenous fistulas using embolisation
• carotid artery stenosis using balloons and stents
• intracranial vascular stenosis using balloons and stents
• intracranial hypertension and tinnitus with venous stents
• subdural haemorrhage treatment with middle meningeal artery embolisation
• nose bleeding (epistaxis) with embolisation
• vasospasm with chemical angioplasty

We also perform diagnostic procedures including:

• cerebral angiography
• myelography
• lumbar puncture
• amytal test before resective surgery
• test occlusion before neurovascular occlusion

Address

1345 Govan Road
Govan
G51 4TF

Contact Details

Call main switchboard: 0141 201 1100

Leaflets coming soon.

How Hospital staff should to refer to the service

Patients may be referred by telephone prior to Trak Care referral:

1. A Respiratory Consultant from the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Referrals are accepted between 9am-5pm Monday – Fridays (excluding public Holidays). Patients must have a Glasgow City South postcode, however, the service has been extended to additional postcodes in Glasgow North West, please contact the coordinator to check if your patient’s postcode is within this new group.

Inclusion / Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Assessed by a clinical physician and deemed safe to be managed by H at H service prior to referral:

• Over the age of 18
• Residents in the South and North West of Glasgow City
• Hospital at Home interventions Oxygen 3L,Iv Fluids/Frusemide, antibiotics

Exclusion Criteria

• Stroke which meets stroke inpatient criteria
• Fractures receiving surgical intervention
• laceration requiring suturing (once sutured patient can be admitted to H@H)
• Head Injury with normal CT brain scan
• A GI bleed which requires urgent OGD/Colonoscopy

Contact Details

To discuss referral Contact the Hospital at Home Team:

Telephone: 07971234257

How GPs should refer to the service

Referrals will only be accepted via telephone. Please Do not submit a sci referral until accepted on telephone.

TEL : 07971 234257

The patient must have been assessed by a Doctor and meet the inclusion criteria. Patients are accepted between 9am-3pm Monday – Fridays (excluding public Holidays). Patients must have a Glasgow City South post code, however, the service is being extended to additional postcodes in Glasgow North West, please contact the coordinator to check if your patient’s postcode is within this new group.

They must have been assessed by a Doctor within 24 hours prior to referral, and deemed safe to have their condition managed at home with support from the Hospital at Home Team.

Referrals are accepted from 9.00am – 3.00pm Monday – Fridays (excluding public Holidays)

Inclusion / Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Assessed by clinical physician and deemed safe to be managed by H@H service prior to referral

• Over the age of 18
• Established respiratory diagnosis of COPD, Bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease

Exclusion Criteria

• Stroke/TIA
• Cardiac event
• Fractures –  needing acute assessment and possible surgical management eg Hip ​
• GI bleed
• Acute abdomen
• DVT​
• Social care crisis
• Diabetic ketoacidosis​
• Head injury
• Acute exacerbation of Asthma
• patients requiring respiratory investigations

Interventions available:

IV antibiotics/fluids

IV Diuretics

0xygen requirement

Contact Details

To discuss referral Contact the Hospital at Home Team:

Telephone: 07971234257

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