The Hospital of St Cross has 110 beds and six operating theatres, including one mobile theatre. We have an excellent reputation for elective surgery and rehabilitation services. The hospital has the Rugby Urgent Care Centre on site, and also boasts a newly-refurbished Blood Taking Unit.
The Hospital of St Cross was rated 'Good' following the most recent Care Quality Commission inspection in 2015.
Hospital of St Cross Barby Road Rugby CV22 5PX
Switchboard: 01788 572831
Sat Nav postcode: CV22 5PX
Car parking charges are detailed in the table below.
All tariffs include the first 30 minutes free. All charges apply 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you are on a low income you may be eligible for free hospital car parking, click here. If you are a frequent outpatient visitor you may be eligible for free hospital car parking, click here.
By bus from Rugby town centre
The Hospital of St Cross is serviced by buses from from Rugby Town Centre and from Coventry. Timetables can be found below:
Town centre: Service 11 Flexi-bus From University Hospital Coventry: Service 585 (DeCourcey)
Cedar Elective Ward, Rugby
01788 663240
Maureen Collins
01788 663877
Cedar Trauma Ward, Rugby
01788 663183
Hoskyn Ward (Medicine/Care of Elderly)
01788 663306
Cheryl Stokes
01788 663864
Mulberry Ward (Medicine/Care of the Elderly)
01788 663527
Leanne Buck
01788 663689
Oak Ward (Medicine/Care of the Elderly)
01788 663812
Clare Noden
01788 663853
Ash Dialysis Unit (DU), Rugby
01788 663845
Jo Vaughn
Blood Taking Unit / Phlebotomy
01788 663749
Sandy Crisford
Bowel Screening Helpdesk
0800 707 606 Freephone
Angela Little
Children's outpatients
01788 663950
Dermatology (Rugby clinic)
01788 663249
Rosie Andrews
02476 966308
Eye (Macular) Unit
01788 663005 or 663338
Fracture Clinic
01788 663898
Outpatients
01788 663079 / 259
Debbie Grimsley
01788 663057
Physiotherapy
01788 663125
Di Hawtin
01788 663053
Brookfield Reception
01788 663176
Respiratory Physiology
Contact via Coventry
Joanna Shakespeare
02476 966738
Rugby Day Surgery Unit
01788 663264
Paula Skelton
01788 663553
Rugby Urgent Treatment Centre CV22 5PX
Access via NHS111 or walk-in
Maria Palmer
02476 964929
Endoscopy (University Hospital & Rugby)
01788 663965
Yvonne Tatton
02476 968334
Volunteers (Friends of St Cross)
Hospital Site Management
01788 663910 or bleep 3034
* Services at the Pine Clinic (GU Medicine) are managed by George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. Find out more here.
Hospital Of St Cross Site Manager
Janine Beddow
janine.beddow@uhcw.nhs.uk
As part of our response to COVID-19, visiting is currently restricted at all of our sites.
For our most up to date information, please click the blue button below.
Visiting
When you visit St Cross you will find that all of our departments and wards are clearly sign posted. Many of our visitors also find our volunteers helpdesk located by security very helpful when asking for directions.
Ahead of your visit you may also find it useful to look at and print out this map
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON BLOOD TESTING DUE TO COVID-19
If you are experiencing symptoms associated with COVID-19, e.g. fever, loss of taste or continuous new cough, please DO NOT attend for a blood test.
Click on the map for information about phlebotomy clinics in Coventry. You can book an appointment online at the locations in red.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Booking an appointment helps patients, their carers and family members to plan their hospital visit better, helping to reduce clinic waiting times and enabling patients to be seen much more quickly.
Location: Outpatients Department, on the ground floor. Opening hours: 8am-4.45pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Children under 16 years old will need to book online here.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test, click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Patients from Rugby and the surrounding areas are able to access the Friends Blood Taking Unit at the Hospital of St Cross.
Referrals for blood tests can be from GP's, practice nurses or from hospital consultants. Patients are also able to leave other samples, such as urine, which have been collected at home, at the hospital's Pathology Reception.
Location: Near Brookfield House, just off North Road - map here. Opening hours: The blood taking clinic sessions for adults and children are listed below:
Monday -Friday 7am-4:45pm Appointment only
Wednesday Evening 5pm-7pm Suspended due to COVID
Saturday Morning 7am-10pm Suspended due to COVID
April 2020 NEW - This Clinic is now by appointment. Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above.
Address: Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry CV1 4FS Location: Access is via the main doors, the Phlebotomy team are in Area A. Opening hours: Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). 8am–4.45pm
Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT)
Specialist Tests - There are a small number of specialist tests where blood needs to be taken on a hospital site as the sample must be transferred to the laboratory rapidly for the test to be undertaken. Click here for a list of these specialist tests and to find out more.