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BRIEF DETAILS OF THE HOSPITAL
Appendix A
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Name of the Base Hospital:
Address:
NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL
Raleigh Park
Barnstaple
Devon
EX31 4JB
Telephone: 01271 322577
Type:
ACUTE
Size:
220 beds (approx)
Outpatient Attendance pa 93,000
Discharges and Deaths pa 19,000
The Northern Devon Healthcare Trust
Acute Services are centred at the North Devon District Hospital. A wide range of specialist services are
provided including General Surgery, Urology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Oral Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and
Gynaecology, Psychiatry, Orthopaedics and acute Trauma, as well as an Accident and Emergency
Department.
The North Devon District Hospital has full supporting services from Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy,
Speech Therapy, Diagnostic Services including Pathology, Radiology, Electrophysiology. There is also a spiral
CT scanner within the main building. An MRI facility has recently become available.
Community services are provided in the Cottage Hospitals across the District with a total bed number of
approximately 180. Community Services include day hospital facilities, inpatient rehabilitation and General
Practice admitting beds. They also have support from the Physiotherapy, Occupational and Speech Therapy
Departments.
The Trust also provides services to Health Authorities and General Practitioners (GPs) outside of the area.
Each year we continue to meet the unpredictable demands of holidaymakers during the summer months.
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