Kendal NHS Treatment Centre
About the centre
Kendal NHS Treatment Centre is a modern, purpose built facility
located in South Cumbria. Situated within the Westmorland General
Hospital, the Centre has been designed to combine an exceptional
standard of patient care facilities with the technical equipment
and facilities that modern medicine demands.
This Centre has 13 beds, with a mix of one or
two bedded rooms, plus six single day case rooms, three consulting
rooms and a brand new operating theatre and endoscopy room. It
provides NHS facilities for Orthopaedics and General
Surgery enabling NHS patients to receive quick and free of
charge access to treatments.
Kendal NHS Treatment Centre is operated, on
behalf of the NHS, by Ramsay Health Care UK which owns over 30
hospitals in the UK. Ramsay Health Care was established in
Australia in 1964 and has grown to become a global hospital group
operating over 100 hospitals and day surgery facilities across
Australia, the United Kingdom and Indonesia.
Ramsay Health Care is well respected in the
health care industry for operating quality, private hospitals and
for our excellent record in hospital management and patient care.
These features help to attract leading health care practitioners to
work in our facilities.
Staff Experience
Our consultants are employed by Ramsay
Health Care UK and they work in partnership with the Treatment
Centre. The surgeons and anaesthetists are registered with the GMC
and are on the specialist register. All medical staff are bound by
Ramsay Health Care UK’s Clinical Governance regulations. Clinical
practice is regularly reviewed.
Caring for your privacy and dignity – same sex
accommodation
At Ramsay Health Care UK we are committed to
making sure that all our patients receive high-quality care that is
safe and effective.
Our patients have the right to privacy and to
be treated with dignity and respect. We believe that providing
same-sex accommodation is a key part of achieving this and allows
us to give all of our patients the best possible experience while
they are in hospital.
Ramsay is pleased to confirm that we are
compliant with the Government’s requirement to deliver same-sex
accommodation, except when it is in the patient’s overall best
interest, or reflects their personal choice.
We have the necessary facilities, resources
and culture to ensure that patients who are admitted to our
hospitals will only share the room where they sleep with members of
the same sex, and same-sex toilets and bathrooms will be close to
their bed area.
Sometimes the need for fast effective
treatment is greater than the need to provide same-sex
accommodation. This might happen if you need urgent, highly
specialised or high-tech care, for example high-dependency care. On
these occasions, it is acceptable for men and women to be treated
together and our staff will keep you informed and move you to
same-sex accommodation as quickly as possible.
Our staff are keen to listen to your comments,
so if you have any concerns about privacy and dignity please do not
hesitate to let us know.
Current waiting list times
| Procedure |
Outpatient Appt |
Procedure Appt |
|
Orthopaedics
|
1-2 weeks |
3-4 weeks
|
|
General Surgery
|
1-2 weeks |
3-4 weeks
|
|
Endoscopy
|
1-2 weeks |
3-4 weeks
|
Quality Report
We aim to provide the highest standards in all aspects of
patient care for both private and NHS patients. One important
indicator is that our hospitals and treatment centres have had
no reported cases of MRSA
bacteremia in the past 3 years, to find out more
please download
our 2009 / 10 Quality Account.