Colchester General Hospital Ward List
November 2012: If you are suffering from diarrhoea and/or vomiting (Norovirus) please Do Not visit our hospital until you have symptom-free for 48 hours. Click for reasons why.
You may wish to phone a ward directly and we publish the ward phone numbers below. Don't forget that a patient can receive phonecalls from their friends and family to their own Patientline bedside entertainment system*, although they have to set this up once at the hospital.
* not Essex County Hospital
As well as phoning, you can contact a patient using our email messaging service.
Updated 1 October 2012
Main Ward Block
- Bereavement Suite (G) - 01206 742812
- Brightlingsea Ward (1) - ENT, Vascular, General Surgery - 01206 742510
- Children's Day Unit (G) - Paediatrics - 01206 742156
- Children's Ward (G) - Paediatrics - 01206 742152
- Critical Care Unit (1) - 01206 742386/7
- Dedham Ward (2) - Cardiac - 01206 742718
- Elective Care Centre (1) - 01206 742940
- Emergency Assessment Unit (G) (EAU)
-- Reception 01206 742162
-- Nurse Station 01206 742017 - Langham Ward (2) - General Medicine - 01206 742512
- Mersea Ward (1) - General Medicine - 01206 746252 or 746253
- Nayland Ward (2) - General Medicine - 01206 742716
- Wivenhoe Ward (1) - General Surgery - 01206 742198 or 742508
(G) = Ground floor; (1) = 1st floor; (2) = 2nd floor
Constable Wing
- Aldham Ward (1) - Elective Orthopaedic - 01206 742046
- Copford Ward (2) - Elective Day Surgery - 01206 746123
- Fordham Ward (1) - Trauma Orthopaedic - 01206 742042
- Great Tey Ward (2) - Elective Day Surgery - 01206 742037
- Lexden Ward (1) - Obs & Gynae - 01206 742032
- Special Care Baby Unit (G) - Paediatrics - 01206 742950
- Stanway Ward (1) - Gynaecology - 01206 742035
(G) = Ground floor; (1) = 1st floor; (2) = 2nd floor
Gainsborough Wing
- Birch Ward (2) - Care of the Elderly - 01206 745918
- D'Arcy Ward (2) - Care of the Elderly - 01206 742694 or 742693
- Easthorpe Ward (1) - Specialist Medicine - 01206 746571 or 746577
- Layer Marney Ward (1) - Medicine - 01206 742915 or 742927
- Peldon Ward (1) - Care of the Elderly - 01206 742177
- Stroke Unit (G) - Specialist Medicine - 01206 742282
- Tiptree Ward (1) - Care of the Elderly - 01206 742260
(G) = Ground floor; (1) = 1st floor; (2) = 2nd floor
Elmstead Day Unit (G)
- Gastroenterology - 01206 742384
- Medical Ward Clerk & Haematology Lounge - 01206 742519
- Pre-Admission Sister - 01206 742377
- Surgical Ward Clerk - 01206 744289 or 742375 or 742376
- Urology - 01206 742351
(G) = Ground floor
Alternatively, you may wish to phone our main telephone number:
Trust Switchboard: 01206 747474
