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Fairford HospitalFairford Hospital is a small community hospital with outpatients and diagnostic services (x-ray).
Fairford Hospital, Tel: 01285 712212
Two new dermatology clinics are currently being run at the old Fairford Hospital by Lechlade GP, Dr Henry Stephens, and Fairford will continue to provide the urology, physiotherapy and podiatry services that were provided before the closure of in-patient beds at the hospital.
The Falls and Community Rehabilitation clinics will continue and the League of Friends of Fairford Hospital will also continue to hold a Lunch Club on Mondays. Podiatry and physiotherapy clinics are being held in the old male ward and a falls clinic and community rehabilitation physiotherapy clinic is held in the old female ward.
At the end of September 2006, general medicine, general surgery and rheumatology clinics were introduced. These will be followed by breast surgery, cardiology, colorectal surgery, ENT, gastroenterology, gynaecology, obstetrics, ophthalmology, oral surgery, orthodontics, orthopaedics, pain management, thoracic medicine, upper gastrointestinal surgery and vascular surgery, all of which are expected to be available by 2007-2008. Phase 2 of the introduction of services is planned for December 2006 with a cardiology clinic, gynaecology, obstetrics, ophthalmology, respiratory, pain management, trauma and orthopaedics. In January 2007, an ENT clinic is scheduled to start and then, in February 2007, gastroenterology and oral surgery clinics with a respiratory clinic in March 2007. Other services will be looked at for the financial year 2007/2008.
The PCT expect that there will be up to 5,000 appointments per year at the new facility. There are currently four physiotherapists at Fairford Hospital and interviews have taken place for a part time nurse. More staff vacancies will arise as the number of clinics increase.
Following the refurbishment of Fairford Hospital by the PCT to convert it to a clinic for out-patients, the Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust plan to introduce a variety of different services:
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