Paulton Memorial Hospital
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Paulton Memorial Hospital is a small community hospital located in the village of Paulton
, Somerset
, approximately 12 miles from the City of Bath.
There are 28 beds for inpatients in the hospital ward including 5 single rooms and the largest bay having 7 beds. An outpatient service operates 5 days a week Monday to Friday. NHS Bath and North East Somerset contract in Consultants time from 2 local acute trusts to provide specialist local outpatient service. The hospital also has other specialists offering advice (ie. Diabetic Nurse Specialist, Continence
Advisors) and a one stop INR
clinic weekly and diagnostic ultrasound
scans once or twice weekly.
Since 1949 the Memorial Hospital has also provided a maternity unit, managed by NHS Wiltshire which performs approximately 180 deliveries a year providing midwifery care during pregnancy
, birth
and the postnatal
period.
.
Over the past 130 years to the present day the local community have contributed greatly to the many developments that have taken place and to the purchase of substantial amounts of equipment, the most recent being £250,000 towards the building of the new Hospital which was opened in January 1997.
Since 2003 plans have been under discussion to close the hospital even prompting a debate in parliament.
Paulton
Paulton is a large village and civil parish, with a population of 4,896, located to the north of the Mendip Hills, in the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset , England....
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, approximately 12 miles from the City of Bath.
There are 28 beds for inpatients in the hospital ward including 5 single rooms and the largest bay having 7 beds. An outpatient service operates 5 days a week Monday to Friday. NHS Bath and North East Somerset contract in Consultants time from 2 local acute trusts to provide specialist local outpatient service. The hospital also has other specialists offering advice (ie. Diabetic Nurse Specialist, Continence
Urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence is any involuntary leakage of urine. It is a common and distressing problem, which may have a profound impact on quality of life. Urinary incontinence almost always results from an underlying treatable medical condition but is under-reported to medical practitioners...
Advisors) and a one stop INR
Prothrombin time
The prothrombin time and its derived measures of prothrombin ratio and international normalized ratio are measures of the extrinsic pathway of coagulation. This test is also called "ProTime INR" and "INR PT". They are used to determine the clotting tendency of blood, in the measure of warfarin...
clinic weekly and diagnostic ultrasound
Ultrasound
Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing. Ultrasound is thus not separated from "normal" sound based on differences in physical properties, only the fact that humans cannot hear it. Although this limit varies from person to person, it is...
scans once or twice weekly.
Since 1949 the Memorial Hospital has also provided a maternity unit, managed by NHS Wiltshire which performs approximately 180 deliveries a year providing midwifery care during pregnancy
Pregnancy
Pregnancy refers to the fertilization and development of one or more offspring, known as a fetus or embryo, in a woman's uterus. In a pregnancy, there can be multiple gestations, as in the case of twins or triplets...
, birth
Birth
Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring. The offspring is brought forth from the mother. The time of human birth is defined as the time at which the fetus comes out of the mother's womb into the world...
and the postnatal
Postnatal
Postnatal is the period beginning immediately after the birth of a child and extending for about six weeks. Another term would be postpartum period, as it refers to the mother...
period.
History
The original hospital was founded by Colonel and Mrs. John George Mogg and was opened on October 1872 by Lord Arthur Harvey the then Bishop of Bath and WellsBishop of Bath and Wells
The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England.The present diocese covers the vast majority of the county of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The Episcopal seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in...
.
Over the past 130 years to the present day the local community have contributed greatly to the many developments that have taken place and to the purchase of substantial amounts of equipment, the most recent being £250,000 towards the building of the new Hospital which was opened in January 1997.
Since 2003 plans have been under discussion to close the hospital even prompting a debate in parliament.