20 July 2020
Patients undergoing day surgery at Rugby’s Hospital of St Cross are now being treated on a Green Pathway to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The Green Pathway – the term given to COVID-free areas of the hospital – went live on 13 July, and is part of University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust’s plans to restore services that were paused so it could respond to the pandemic.
The pathways, including a surgical one on University Hospital site, Coventry, ensure patients have been assessed as having no current risk of COVID. Staff have been following rigorous infection control guidelines and safe discharge procedures.
Patients booked for surgery will be asked to self-isolate in their homes for 14 days prior to admission. They will also have been screened for COVID-19, and have a welfare check before admission to ensure surgery can go ahead.
From 13 July, only patients attending the Green Surgical Pathway – either on the day of appointment or for preoperative assessment - should use the Day Surgery entrance at Hospital of St Cross on Barby Road. All other patients are asked to use alternate entrances to the hospital and will not be able to enter the Day Surgery.
Hospital Volunteers will be on site to help patients get where they need to be, whilst new signage is being installed around the site to guide anyone attending through alternate entrances.
Patients are also being asked not to park in the Day Surgery car park unless they are accessing the following:
· Diabetes centre
· Children’s outpatients
· Mobile CT scanner
· Women and Children’s services in Owen Building.
In line with national guidance, visiting restrictions remain in place across the hospital sites.
Everyone coming onto our hospital sites is required to wear a face covering and adhere to good hand hygiene. If you don’t have a face covering, you will be given a mask on arrival.
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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.