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University Hospital of Wales

Region: Wales
Trust: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Services provided: Adult Cardiac Surgery and Thoracic Surgery

University Hospital of Wales
Heath Park
Cardiff
CF14 4XW

About the unit

The cardiothoracic unit at the University Hospital of Wales is part of the Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust and was established in 1971 to provide specialised care for a population of 1.4 million in South Wales.

Services provided

Adult Cardiac Surgery Thoracic Surgery

Rehabilitation and follow up

Follow up is with the appropriate consultant surgeon approximately 6 weeks after discharge from hospital. Thereafter patients are usually discharged back to their referring physician / cardiologist or General Practitioner. Cardiac rehabilitation is provided locally for catchment patients or if from an adjacent area the appropriate contact is made with the local hospital's rehabilitation team to ensure continuity of care.

Access

There is a drop-off zone next to the main hospital concourse entrance. Adjacent to the hospital there is a multi story car park, as well as designated parking for the disabled with wheelchair access to the hospital

Visiting hours

General Ward and High Dependancy Ward visiting hours are 15H00 - 20H00. There are no fixed hours for patients in the intensive care unit.

Contact

Tel: 029 2074 3870

Trust Website: http://www.cardiffandvaleuhb.wales.nhs.uk/  

Adult Cardiac Surgery

Consultants

Quality Assurance Survey

This hospital has been part of the Cardiac Centre Quality Assurance Survey, and its latest individual results are shown below. To view additional national data, see the Cardiac Unit and Outcome Data page in the Professionals section.

This unit has not reviewed its outcomes for the last quarter.

Cardiac Audit Status regional and national

Each section has a maximum score of 5

This chart was produced on 31 March 2024.

Thoracic Surgery

Consultants

Outcomes Audits

This hospital has been a part of the following outcomes audits, please click on any outcomes audit to see their data:

National Lung Cancer Audit – 2017

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