Trauma and Orthopaedics

The department specialises in:

• Hips
• Knees
• Foot and ankle
• Hands
• Spinal surgery
• Paediatric orthopaedics

We work with two Trauma Networks (Severn and Thames Valley), and our Major Trauma Centres are North Bristol NHS Trust and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.

What to expect

When you arrive at the clinic, please register at the kiosk - please allow up to two hours for your appointment.

You may then be sent for x-ray or to the plaster room, treatment room or a clinic waiting area.

Information around the department will direct you to the right area and staff are on hand to assist where necessary.

Plaster Room

The plaster room provides casts and splints for patients attending the clinics, as well as providing a specialist casting service for the whole hospital. 

Contact: 01793 604568.

Treatment Room

All wound care is carried out in the treatment room and the Nurse Led Clinics are held in this room.

Contact: 01793 604569.

Location

Ground Floor, Great Western Hospital

Referrals

You will be referred to us:

• By the Emergency Department or Urgent Treatment Centre if you have had a traumatic injury and require follow-up or further treatment, or
• By your GP or another health care professional for investigation, advice or treatment for an orthopaedic condition.

We also treat hospital inpatients who need a cast or a splint.

Opening times

Fracture clinics are held each weekday morning.

The majority of orthopaedic clinics are held in the afternoon.

Contact

General enquiries about injuries may be answered by consulting the Virtual Fracture Clinic.

Outpatient appointments: 01793 604914 or 01793 604915

Admissions: please see Admissions.