City Hospital Ward information

The Acute Cardiac Unit (ACU) is a 20 bedded Acute Cardiology Unit taking emergency admissions and patients requiring higher nursing and specialist care. ACU is located near West Corridor on the first floor in the Trent Cardiac Centre (TCC), all 20 beds are equipped with cardiac monitoring. We have 6 beds dedicated to the level 2 area and 14 beds dedicated to ACU’s admissions unit. ACU runs the regions PPCI service which provides emergency life-saving care for patients having heart attacks and we also provide an emergency pathway for severely unwell bradycardic patients who may require urgent pacing interventions or close monitoring. Ward round starts from 9am, all patients are seen by the registrar and consultant on a daily basis.

ACU level 2 area admits the higher dependency level 2 patients who are the sickest cardiology patients in the region and require a higher level of care.  There are two side rooms and a mixed sex bay, this is so we can get the higher dependency patients across to ACU more efficiently, a divider is used in the bay to separate genders if required. Outside of the level 2 area, ACU also admits unwell patients requiring intervention but are not requiring higher dependency level 2 care. Patients are admitted from ED, the GP, home and from other wards and clinics in and out of NUH. We take patients with various cardiac conditions including heart failure, cardiomyopathies, arrhythmias, acute coronary syndromes and valve abnormalities to name a few. Procedures that are carried out on ACU include devices such as permanent pacemakers (PPMS) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDS), angiograms and angioplasties, ablations and trans-aortic valve replacements (TAVIS). Patients on ACU may also be awaiting cardiac surgery.

When patients on ACU become stable and do not require a higher level of care, they will be transferred to other cardiology wards at City such as Morris, Papplewick, or Patience 1 once they are considered stable or no longer need continuous cardiac monitoring, the consultant and registrar will make this decision. This is so we can ensure that a bed is available for patients requiring emergency interventions or who are acutely unwell and need closer monitoring. Therefore patients on ACU usually stay here for a couple of days before being stepped down to another ward. Occasionally, patients who require urgent/emergency cardiac surgery or the highest level of care and support (level 3) will be transferred to CCD or CICU.

Visiting Hours
Visiting hours are from 1pm-8pm, you do not need to book an appointment. There can only be 2 visitors on the ward per patient but you are able to swap in and out. We are flexible with those who are critically unwell/palliative, so please ring up and speak to the nurse in charge on shift if you require flexible visiting in this situation. Our visiting hours start a little later compared to the rest of the trust as ward round takes place from 9am and involves the multi-disciplinary team assessing each patient.

Phone Extension
0115 969 1169 ext. 73117, 76213, 73284. You can use ext. 76613 for the portable phone to speak to a patient directly if they do not have use of a mobile phone.

Parking
The unit is in the very centre of the hospital, please park where possible in any of the allocated visitor car parks. Do not park outside of the TCC as ambulances needs to be able gain easy access to the entrance. There is no car park outside of the TCC so you will be ticketed if you park here. Please ring the ward if you need to park nearby to collect a patient or are unsure about parking, we are happy to assist.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 77449/77430

 

Our location

N16
North Corridor

 

Parking

Purple carpark off Edwards Lane.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 79687,75380,72401,72402

 

Our location

S8
South Corridor

 

Parking

Yellow car park via Edwards Lane entrance

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 73872, 73874 or 73875

 

Our location

S7
South Corridor

 

Parking

Yellow car park via Edwards Lane entrance

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 76667

 

Our location

S7
South Corridor

 

Parking

Yellow car park via Edwards Lane entrance

Contact us

Tel: 0115 9691169

Ext: 72065/66

 

Location

St Francis Unit

City Hospital Campus

 

Parking

Purple car park

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 75162

 

Location

N1
1st floor
Maternity Unit

 

Parking

Outside maternity unit

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 76145 or 76146

 

Our location

S3
South Corridor

 

Parking

On the North Road or Blue Car Park. Use either the Gate 1 Hucknall Road or Gate 5 Edwards Lane entrance.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 76403

 

Our location

S1
Ground floor
South Corridor

 

Parking

On the North Road or Blue Car Park. Use either the Gate 1 Hucknall Road or Gate 5 Edwards Lane entrance.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 73132

 

Our location

W2a
West Corridor

 

Parking

This unit is in the very centre of the hospital. Park where possible within any of the allocated visitor car parks.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 76301 or 76724

 

Our location

S2
South Corridor

 

Parking

Directly outside the unit on the North Road or Blue Car Park. Use either the Gate 1 Hucknall Road or Gate 5 Edwards Lane entrance.

Contact us

Critical Care Department Critical Care

For general enquiries Tel: 0115 969 1169 Ext 71819

 

Our location

N15
North Corridor

 

Parking

Yellow car park via Edwards Lane entrance

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 71545

 

Our location

N10

 

Parking

Purple car park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 76034, 73492 or 76034

 

Our location

S4
External entrance

 

Parking

Directly outside the unit on the South Road or Blue Car Park. Use either the Gate 1 Hucknall Road or Gate 5 Edwards Lane entrance.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 75270 or 76726

 

Our location

S8
Ground floor

 

Parking

Yellow car park

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 74687 or 74686

 

Our location

S5
2nd floor

 

Parking

Yellow car park

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 75333, 77153 or 71528

 

Our location

  

S1, S3 or W4
1st floor

 

Parking

Yellow car park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 77086 or 76985

 

Our location

  

S1, S3 or W4
Ground floor

 

Parking

Yellow car park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 76426

 

Our location

  

S1, S3, or W4
1st floor

Parking

Directly outside the unit on the South Road or Blue Car Park. Use either the Gate 1 Hucknall Road or Gate 5 Edwards Lane entrance.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 77302 or 75906

 

Our location

N10
1st floor

 

Parking

Purple car park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 55718 or 56672

Our location

N10
1st floor

 

Parking

Purple car park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 840 2698

 

Our location

External
Near Green Entrance

 

Parking

Yellow car park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 75152

 

Our location

 

S3 or W4
Ground floor

 

Parking

Directly outside the unit on the South Road or Blue Car Park. Use either the Gate 1 Hucknall Road or Gate 5 Edwards Lane entrance.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 72537

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169

Ext: 77598 and 77384

 

Our location

N14
North Corridor

The Jubliee Unit is located right next to Winifred ward and opposite the Eatwell cafe.

 

Parking

Yellow car park via Edwards Lane entrance

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 75174 or 75175

 

Our location

N1
1st floor

 

Parking

Outside the maternity unit.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 76077 or 71655

 

Our location

External
Access via Gate 4

 

Parking

Purple car park

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 71533 or 74626

 

Our location

N11

 

Parking

Purple car park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 73809

 

Our location

N11

 

Parking

Purple car park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 74307 or 74309

Our location

N1
1st floor

 

Parking

Outside the maternity unit.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 73135 or 73116

 

Our location

W2a

 

Parking

This unit is in the very centre of the hospital. Park where possible within any of the allocated visitor car parks.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 75229 or 74106

 

Our location

S12

 

Parking

The closest entrance is the Yellow Entrance on Edwards Lane and the closest car park is the Yellow Car Park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 75214, 75215 or 75216

 

Our location

N1

 

Parking

Outside the maternity unit.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 71485

 

Our location

S11

 

Parking

Yellow car park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 77107, 55917 or 71553

 

Our location

N16

 

Parking

Purple car park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169 

Ext: Main reception 76311, 75889

 Our location

N16 City Hospital

 

Parking

Purple car park

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169

Reception 76026, Nurses Station 74152, 71535

 

Our location

Turn left at N16, City Hospital

 

Parking 

Purple car park

Papplewick is a 32 bedded ward. Caring for a mix of patients who have been admitted with heart attacks, angina, arrhythmias, heart failure, endocarditis and valvular conditions. We admit patients directly from the emergency department (ED), home or other wards within NUH (most commonly- ACU).

Visiting time is 1pm-8pm with only 2 visitors per bedspace.

We have cardiac monitors on the ward which patients may be attached to, this will mean we can monitor someone’s heart rhythm and heart rate.

Patients on Papplewick may go for a number of different tests or scans. Invasive tests may include angiograms or angioplasties, pacemaker insertions, TAVIs. Then we also send patients for MRIs, CTs, ECHOs (ultrasounds of the heart). ECGs are done regularly on the ward.

We have a mixture of staff within Papplewick including a ward manager, deputy sisters, registered nurses and health care assistants. We also have a Discharge coordinator who can aid in supporting patients and families with complex discharges. Patients might need to be assessed by physios or occupational therapists. This can be to help their mobility or provide equipment they may need in their own home. The ward also had a receptionist, ward administrator and housekeeper.

Other teams we work alongside include the medical team. Every patient will be seen by a consultant, then we have a registrar and ward doctors who see patients. There are sometimes medical students too. During day hours they work 8:30am-5pm. Then at night, weekends or bank holidays we have a hospital24 team. We also have a number of different therapies who visit the ward to see patients- dietitians, SALT (speech and language team) and phlebotomists who take blood samples. Cardiac Rehab will also see patients who present with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

If you have any questions about the ward then please give us a ring.

Contacting the ward

Contact number is 0115 9691169

Ext 76271, 76272 or the cordless phone is 73316.

Getting to the ward

Papplewick is situated on the 2nd floor, H block. The best entrance to come to is the south entrance and then the lifts are straight in front of you. Closest parking is located in Green Car Park.

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 78008

Our location

S9
1st floor

 

Parking

Yellow car park via Edwards Lane entrance

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 71739 or 76127

 

Our location

N11
1st floor

 

Parking

Purple car park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 75154, 75673 or Nurse Practitioners 78360

 

Our location

N11
1st floor

 

Parking

Purple car park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 75329 or 73490

 

Our location

S10
Ground floor

 

Parking

Yellow car park

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: (Nurses Station) 71530/72505/76426

 

Our location

South Entrance
1st floor

 

Parking

Yellow car park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 71815 or Theatre Office 73189

 

Our location

N8

 

Parking

Purple car park.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 73419, 74681 or 74682

 

Our location

S5
1st floor

 

Parking

This unit is in the very centre of the hospital. Park where possible within any of the allocated visitor car parks.

Contact us

Tel: 0115 969 1169
Ext: 76457 / 73272 / 76132 (ward administrator) / 77600 (ward manager)

 

Our location

N15
1st floor

 

Parking

Purple carpark.