Health Matters - London Bridge Hospital

For holiday dialysis informationplease call Megan, our holidaydialysis administrator, on:T: 020 7234 2933For any enquiries or furtherinformation about the DialysisUnit, please contact HelenCronin, Unit Manager, on:T: 020 7234 2261/2085UpdatesLondon Bridge Hospital’sDialysis Unit RelocatedThe Dialysis Unit at London BridgeHospital has been established foralmost 25 years and has a worldwidereputation for the quality of careprovided.It recently relocated to a new brightand spacious unit that continues toprovide dialysis for patients who areNHS sponsored, as well as overseasvisitors who are visiting for businessor pleasure.London Bridge Hospital is an ideallocation for dialysis patients, with afantastic centralised location, withineasy reach of the City, adjacent toLondon Bridge station and ampleattractions on offer to help them makethe most of their stay.The Dialysis Unit also provides acutedialysis and continues to run a 24-hournurse on Call rota.Isolation room facilities are providedfor patients who are Hepatitis B, C orMRSA positive.Patients can receive a high standardof care and treatment in comfortablesurroundings led by a very experiencedUnit Manager and a team of specialistnurses.The Renal Service at LondonBridge Hospital comprises of amultidisciplinary team and includesRenal Physicians (Nephrologists),Dialysis Nurses, Renal Transplant andAccess Surgeons who deal with thesurgical needs of dialysis patientsand transplantations. The team alsoincludes interventional radiologistswho have expertise in the placementof dialysis catheters, renal biopsies,renal angiography and the managementof renal artery stenosis with balloonangioplasties and stenting.Introducing LondonBridge Hospital’s OnlineRegistration PortalLondon Bridge Hospital is pleased to announce the introductionof an online registration portal allowing patients to register forappointments from the convenience of their home or place of work.The Online Registration Portal reduces the need to completeinformation on arrival, with patients simply checking the pre-printedform on arrival and signing to verify and accept HCA’s terms andconditions. Patients who are returning to the hospital have theconvenience of using an ‘auto-fill’ function that will enter theirinformation from previous registrations, saving time and hassle.Patients can also save their online form and return to it later ifthey don’t have all their information at hand.www.registrations.hcahealthcare.co.ukFor further details, please contactLondon Bridge Hospital’s OnlineRegistration Service on:T: 020 7234 2107UpdatesFIFTEEN