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
If you are on a low income you may be eligible for free hospital car parking, click here.
Car parking charges from July 2016:
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)
* 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
The Trust is currently trialling extended visiting hours. The visiting hours at the Hospital of St Cross are currently as follows:
We recognise and respect the important role played by families and carers in helping patients recover. Therefore, if you wish to extend your visiting time, or visit outside of the official visiting times, please do not hesitate to speak to a member of the nursing team.
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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There are over 30 blood test service locations in and around Coventry. Most clinics have appointments to book in advance online. Click on the map for details of the clinic most convenient for you.
Click on the map for information about phlebotomy clinics in Coventry. You can book an appointment online at the locations in red.
You can also download a leaflet at this link.
We strongly advise all patients use our new online appointment system before attending for a blood test to avoid any disappointment. The new service 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.
Walk-in appointments remain available dependent on availability, however you may have to wait for the next available appointment time. Please note that walk-in patients will be given an approximate time slot and this may vary.
Location: Outpatients Department, on the ground floor. Opening hours: 8am-4.45pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Based on demand we are only able to see a set amount of patients per day so, once we have filled all allocated slots we can no longer accept walk-ins. This may mean you will need to revisit the site to have your blood test on another occasion or book online for another site.
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-8am Appointment only
Monday – Friday 8am-4.45pm *Appointments and walk-in available
Wednesday Evening 5pm-7pm Appointment only
Saturday Morning 7am-10pm Appointments only
* While we offer a walk in service, we highly recommend booking an appointment to save patients from waiting. If all walk in slots are filled, we may need to ask patients to attend again on another day, or to book online for another site.
Children under 16 years old will need to book online here.
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 - Based on demand we are only able to see a set amount of patients per day so, once we have filled all allocated slots we can no longer accept walk-ins. This may mean you will need to revisit the site to have your blood test on another occasion or book online for another site.
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.