The acute medicine unit (AMU) plays an essential role in the hospital, taking pressure off the accident and emergency department, helping to reduce waiting times and ensuring that patients receive the most appropriate treatment. Emergency patients attending A&E, who need to be admitted to hospital, are first brought to AMU. The modern unit has highly trained staff who assess the need for further investigation and provide all the necessary initial treatment. The close links with other multi disciplinary teams, including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers and bed managers together with intermediate care teams help facilitate rapid patient discharge/transfer from the unit. There is a dedicated AMU pharmacist and routine phlebotomy and ECG services available.
After assessment, a decision is made to either discharge patients directly home or admit them to specialist wards for further treatment. Communication in the form of a typed discharge letter is sent to the GP within 48 hour, highlighting important aspects of each patient’s hospital admission and future follow-up requirements.
Visiting times
These are between 2.00pm and 8.00pm.
Contact
Ward telephone: 020 8321 5148 / 6854
For queries on clinic follow-up or further investigations the secretary can be contacted on 020 8321 5899.
Location
1st floor, main building
Clinics and clinic times
Monday to Friday: 9.30am - 12.30pm and 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Team profile
Our team is made up of 3 full time consultants, 3 specialist registrars, 4 FY2, 4 FY1, a clinical fellow, 40 nurses, administration staff and cleaners.
Consultants
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Dr Paresh Mistry
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Dr Nida Chammas
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Dr Helen Burgess
Endorsements and patient feedback
In addition to the numerous letters of thanks from grateful patients and relatives, we have had numerous donations that have been used to further develop treatment pathways.
Patient information leaflets
- Admissions leaflet
- Patient discharge leaflet
