Your procedure during the pandemic

We know many of our patients have been waiting a long time for their procedure, and we are doing all we can to ensure you receive the care you need at this time.

However, in this phase of Covid, we have seen an increase in the number of patients we are caring for with coronavirus, as well as an increase in staff and patients who are positive for coronavirus without displaying symptoms.

In order to maintain separate areas for Covid and non-Covid patients, if patient numbers rise, we may unfortunately need to cancel some procedures. If this happens, we will let you know as soon as possible and rebook your procedure for you.

We’re doing all we can to stop the spread in our hospitals and have strict infection prevention and control policies in place.

For managing Covid, our hospitals have been split into areas and wards for non-Covid and Covid positive patients and we have restricted visitors to all areas of our hospitals.

Due to additional safety measures, we are unable to treat as many patients per day as we did before Covid-19, but please be reassured we are working tirelessly to see you as soon possible.

We continue to work with our partner hospitals around the region which may mean your surgery takes place in another hospital. We also regularly test all our patients for the virus and will soon be testing all frontline staff twice a week in line with national guidance.

Please continue to attend our hospitals for your appointment or procedure unless you are notified by us. If you cannot attend because you are self-isolating or do not want to attend, please contact the number on your appointment letter.

The safety and wellbeing of our patients and staff are our key concerns and we thank you for your support at this time.

You can find out more about having a procedure during the pandemic here.