N ORTH D EVON D ISTRICT H OSPITAL Hannah Thorne

T HE HOSPITAL AND SURROUNDING AREA 170,000 people – increases in summer due to tourism Close links with Exeter, Plymouth and Bristol Hospitals The hospital has approx 220 beds, with 93,000 outpatients per year. Speciality/Departments - General Surgery, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Acute Admissions Units (Medical), Medical Specialities, Paediatrics.

C AROLINE T HORPE W ARD 22 bedded ward – 6 and 8 bedded bays, 5 cubicles, 2 High Dependency cubicles ITU beds are currently shared with the adults, but has close links with the PICU in Bristol and their retrieval team Play room and school room, inc. general facilities

A CCIDENT AND E MERGENCY 4 bedded Resus, 7 beds majors, 6 beds minors 98% patients are seen in the 4 hour deadline Minor Injury Unit – Bideford, Ilfracombe, Lynton