The nearest local Accident & Emergency departments are:
Patient transport can be provided by contacting:
Dial-a-Ride
Tel: 01588 638038
Email: Dial-a-Ride
Bishop's Castle Community Hospital
Stone House, Union Street, Bishop's Castle, SY9 5AJ
Bishop's Castle Community Hospital is a small 16-bed hospital in southwest Shropshire. The hospital is split into two areas: In-patients and Out-patients (both are clearly signposted)
Out of hours service
The out of hours service can be contacted by dialing 111.
Contact the hospital
Tel: 01588 638220
Email Bishops Castle Hospital
Visiting times
Hospital visiting times are 10am to 8pm. Visiting outside of these hours is by arrangement with the nurse in charge.
How to find us and parking
Bishop's Castle Community Hospital, Stone House, Union Street, Bishop's Castle, SY9 5AJ
Parking
The hospital has free, yet limited parking for visitors.
Frequently asked questions
- When are hospital visiting times?
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These are flexible by arrangement with the nurse in charge.
- Where is the nearest pharmacy?
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Bishop's Castle Pharmacy
Church Street
Bishop's Castle
Shropshire
SY9 5AE
Tel: 01588 638408
Summary of services provided at this hospital
Bishop's Castle Community Hospital is a small 16-bed hospital in southwest Shropshire.
It has a garden room extension and exemplary palliative care suite that has received local, regional and even national recognition.
Specific services offered
Outpatient services include:
- Audiology
- Podiatry
- Physiotherapy
- Speech and language therapy
The people we see
The hospital provides care for local patients who do not need to be admitted to an acute hospital, or have been transferred from an acute hospital for rehabilitation or recovery following an operation, or who need palliative care.
Patient referral process
Local GPs may admit patients into inpatient and outpatient services. Patients can also be transferred from acute hospitals for rehabilitation before returning home.
What to bring with you to a clinic or overnight hospital stay
- Footwear
- Hearing aid and glasses
- Medication
- Mobility aids
- Nightwear
- Toiletries
Information for patients and visitors
Patient health, safety and wellbeing
Please help us to protect our patients. If you have any symptoms including diarrhoea, vomiting, nausea, raised temperature, headache or aching limbs, please do not visit the hospital until you have been free of symptoms for 48 hours.
Please ensure you use the hand gel provided on entering and leaving wards and departments.
Visitors information
Hospital visiting times are 10am - 8pm. Visiting outside of these hours is by arrangement with the nurse in charge.
Meals and catering
Bishop's Castle Hospital offers in-patients a choice of traditional food provided by the adjacent Coverage Care residential home. Special diets are catered for on request.
Mealtimes
- Breakfast - 8am
- Lunch 12.30pm
- Tea 5.30pm
Protected mealtimes
The hospital has protected mealtimes that protect patients from unnecessary and avoidable interruptions. This helps to enable our staff to provide patients with support and assistance with meals - placing the patients' mealtimes as a priority in their day.
Services we do not offer
- Blood tests
- Chemotherapy
- Daily I.V. antibiotics (antibiotics through veins)
- Family planning
- Health 'MOT' clinics
- Smoking cessation clinic
- Weight loss programme
Useful links
Next review due: 1 September 2020