Hospital

Cowal Community HospitalLocal NewsCowal Health Newsletter - December 2010 Services

• Casualty
• Out of Hours
• AHPs
  

Associated Services

• Daycase surgery
• Maternity beds
• GP beds
• Palliative care beds

Clinics for Particular Specialties

Visiting consultants in following specialities do regular out-patient clinics:

• General Surgery
• Orthopaedics
• Gynaecology
• Geriatric Assessment
• ENT
• Ophthalmology
• General Medicine
• General Psychiatry
• Dementia
• Respiratory
• Medical Paediatrics
• GUM
• Community Child Health
• Cardiology
  
• Rehabilitation Medicine
• Radiography

 

The following clinics run by nurses, AHPs:

• Orthoptics
• Dietetics
• Orthotist
• Optometrist
• Substance misuse
• Child and Adolescence Psychiatry
• Audiology
• Alcohol Outpatients
• Anti-Coagulant Sister
• Diabetic Sister
• Cardiac/Stroke rehab nurse
• Stroke Prevention Clinic
• CHAT
• Physiotherapy
• Occutpational Therapist
• Radiography
• Speech & Language Therapy
• Podiatry
  

Visiting Times

3pm-4pm and 7pm-8pm

 

Getting Here

Caledonian MacBrayne ferry at Gourock to Dunoon Pier. There is a regular train service from Glasgow Central Station to Gourock Pier. 

Western Ferry from MacInroys Point Gourock to Hunter’s Quay Dunoon.

By car journey only from Glasgow along Loch Lomond side, and pass over the rest and be thankful.

Reducing the risk of infections Staff will display/provide information and advice about infections control precautions such as how to care for personal laundry, hand hygiene, symptoms and what to do if you have an infection. Please ask staff for advice
Alcohol hand hygiene gel for patient and visitor use is located near wash basins and at the entrance to all wards and departments
Visitors with colds or recently in contact with infectious diseases please postpone visiting
Always ask ward staff before visiting any patient in a single room
Health Protection Scotland produces patient information fact sheets which you can access before admission at www.hps.scot.nhs.uk