Relocation of Orthopaedic Elective Clinic at Royal Derby Hospital - Monday 24 November
Some of the Trauma and Orthopaedics Outpatient clinics at Royal Derby Hospital have moved.
If you have an appointment on or after Monday 24 November for the Orthopaedic Elective Clinic, please visit the new location which is at the front of the hospital, with a direct entry door inside car park 8.
The Orthopaedic Fracture Clinic will remain in its current location, and all phone numbers will stay the same.
Patient clinic letters have already been issued for appointments happening over the next four weeks, so if you are unsure whether your appointment is for fracture clinic, or elective clinic, you can contact the patient booking team using details on your appointment letter.
If you need support with accessing the new location, please talk to a member of staff as we have wheelchairs, and a volunteer buggy service to support patients with accessing the new location.
Alternative ways to find it (routes will be signposted):
- From the main entrance: After Costa, take the first left (before the lifts), and the department is at the bottom of the corridor on your left-hand side.
- From our previous location: Follow signs to the main entrance (with your back to the department, turn left). At the crossroads with the star on the floor, turn left, and then take your first right. The department will be on your left-hand side.
This is the first in a series of department relocations we are doing to plan for winter, as we prepare for more members of our community to need access to our urgent and emergency care services, such as A&E.
Throughout winter, our communities can help by using NHS resources wisely:
- Pharmacy: Speak to a pharmacist for advice on minor illnesses and to see if you need to see a doctor.
- NHS 111: Use NHS 111 online > or by phone for urgent, non-emergency medical advice.
- GP: Book an appointment with your GP for advice and treatment of most illnesses
- Urgent Treatment Centres and Minor Injuries Units: for a minor injury or illness, such as broken bones, sprains, minor infections, cuts and more, you will always be seen faster at an Urgent Treatment Centre or Minor Injuries Unit than a busy A&E. You can find more information, including live waiting times, for these centres on our website here >
- A&E: Visit A&E or call 999 if you are suffering with symptoms of life-threatening or serious conditions, such as heart attacks and strokes.