Admission arrangements

Emergency
For emergency admissions of new spinal cord injured patients to the centre, hospitals should contact the on-call spinal injuries team via the hospital switchboard on 01296 315000.

Elective
The centre should receive a referral from the patient’s GP. We will then arrange for them to be seen and assessed in our spinal outpatient department.

If elective admission is required, either for surgery or further rehabilitation, patients will be admitted to St Patrick’s ward in accordance with the 18-week timeframe.

Planned assessments
Spinal cord injured patients have life-long needs that are taken care of by our clinical teams. These include regular planned assessments to check bladder, skin and bowel function.