Victoria Ward
Patients are admitted to Victoria Ward at The Friary for a variety of reasons including:
- Palliative care
- Rehabilitation following general surgery
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Monitoring of new drug therapy or convalescence to enable discharge plans to be completed
Victoria Ward is nurse-led ward which means it only admits patients who are medically stable.
Following its latest inspection of the hospital, the Care Quality Commission reported the services we provide are ‘good’ overall and meeting all CQC national standards.
Services
As well as inpatient services South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation trust also provides the following services from The Friary.
- Outpatient clinics
- Physiotherapy department
- Audiology
- Chiropody
- Phlebotomy
- X-ray department
GP medical cover
Medical cover is also provided by GPs.
If you need to see a GP, please call 01748 822306. Please do not use the Victoria Ward switchboard or Friary clinics number.
Eight practices use the facilities regularly and three practices by negotiation. An occupational therapist and a physiotherapist support the nursing team.
Intermediate care
The trust works jointly with North Yorkshire Social Services to provide an intermediate care facility.
Outpatient clinics
- Mental health
- Audiology
- Diabetic eye screening
- Heart failure nurse
- Paediatric orthotics
- Orthotics
Facilities
- Access to TV
- Public telephone
- Wheelchair access
- Disabled parking
