Accident and Emergency

Choose the right service for your needs. Here are a few examples to help you make an informed choice.

Self care

• Cough
• Cold
• Graze
• Small cut
• Sore throat

NHS 111 online

• Unsure?
• Confused?
• Need help?
• Anxious?

Pharmacy

• Diarrhoea
• Runny nose
• Painful cough
• Rashes
• Earache

GP (Doctor)

• Asthma
• Arthritis
• Back pain
• Vomiting
• Stomach ache

Walk in centres/minor injury units

• Cuts
• Sprains
• Bruises
• Itchy rash
• Minor burns

ED and 999

• Choking
• Severe bleeding
• Chest pain
• Blacking out
• Anaphylaxis

Urgent & Emergency Care Leadership Team

Urgent & Emergency Care Leadership Triumvirate

Clinical Director: Christopher Blundred

Head of Nursing: Lorna Jones

General Manager: Adam Wilson

Personal Assistant to the Urgent & Emergency Care Leadership Team: Abigail Host

Telephone: 02476 865586

Accident & Emergency Leaders

Matron: Alison Rolfe

A&E Clinical Lead: Dr Ahmad Ammar

Deputy General Manager: Caitlin Lumsden

Operational Manager: Jason Ryan

Assistant Service Manager: Helen Smitham

Practice Facilitator: Debra Ashmore

Governance Co-Ordinator Lead: Georgio Quinn

Team Secretary: Rachel Delaney  

Telephone: 02476 153212

Childrens Assessment Unit Leaders

Matron: Jez Jones

Ward Manager: Sarah-Jayne Wetton

Practice Facilitator: Shini Paulose

Radiology Leaders

Interim Imaging Servicing Manager: AbdulsalamAbba AliMonguno

Radiology Clinical Lead: Manoj Srivastava

Operational Manager: Liam Phillips

Radiology Governance Lead and PA: Katie Edwards

Our Urgent and Emergency Care service is available 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.

If you are driving please visit our Urgent and Emergency Care Centre A&E via our Heath End Road entrance. Follow signs on the hospital site.