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Ward: Daphne

Box: 229

The Rosie Hospital

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hills Road,

Cambridge,

CB2 0QQ

 

Enquiries: 01223 217 636

 

About the ward

 

The Daphne Ward is a rapid-referral ward for women experiencing problems in early pregnancy or emergency gynaecological conditions.

 

Finding Daphne Ward

 

Christine Ward is on Level 2 of the Rosie Hospital. It is signposted from the main reception of the Rosie Hospital on Robinson Way.

 

From the Rosie main entrance: head straight through the Rosie reception area. Take the lift/stairs to level 2.

 

From the main hospital entrance: in the reception area turn right onto the main concourse. Turn left and go towards the main ward lifts. Before the lifts, turn right onto the long corridor and head towards the Addenbrooke's Treatment Centre. The Rosie is clearly signposted off this corridor.

 

If you are likely to be hospitalised for two weeks or more, your visitors can get a discounted parking ticket from the main reception. This allows you to exit from the car parks for 14 consecutive days from the day you validate the ticket.

 

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The Early Pregnancy Unit and Emergency Gynaecology Assessment Unit

 

The Early Pregnancy Unit (EPU) offers assessment for women who are in the first 13 weeks of pregnancy. Women attend The Unit with pregnancy-related problems such as per vaginal (pv) bleeding and/or pain.

 

Women can telephone the Unit and seek advice from one of the Gynaecology nurses. If required, an ultrasound scan will be organised, for the next available EPU scan list in the Rosie ultrasound scan department. Once scanned, patients are reviewed on Daphne ward by Gynaecology nurses and/or medical staff.

 

Most women leave the Hospital, reassured by the scan. Blood samples can be taken from those women who are over 12 weeks of pregnancy to assess their rhesus status, and they can be given anti-D immunoglobulin (to prevent rhesus disease), if required.

 

If necessary, some women will be offered a clinical examination by a doctor. This is required if there is any question that the pregnancy might not be in the right place (ie an ectopic pregnancy) or if the ultrasound scan is unable to confirm this because it is too early. These women may be offered blood tests to check the levels of the pregnancy hormone, beta human chorionic gonadotrophin (ßhCG) in their bloodstream.

 

 

 

Support in the Early Pregnancy Unit

Some women attending The Unit will be miscarrying, and The Unit is able to offer surgical, medical and conservative (non-surgical) management. Full details will be given to help you decide which is most appropriate for you. Women who prefer to be managed surgically are usually offered a place on the operating list in the Day Surgery Unit, which takes place every Monday morning. This operation is known as an ERPOC (evacuation of retained products of conception).

 

Following the procedure, women will be free to leave the Hospital after a few hours (after being discharged by the nursing staff), providing they are well enough (and the discharge criteria have been met).

 

Medical management of miscarriage involves having medication to induce the miscarriage, and this is a two-part procedure performed over a 48-hour period. First, drugs are given by mouth and, usually after half an hour, the woman goes home. She will need to return 48 hours later for the second part of the procedure. The woman is admitted for the day, and the second dose of drugs are given vaginally. Most of these women miscarry while they remain in hospital, but some will do so at home.

 

During the treatment, women have open access to The Unit ) in case of emergency or if they require any advice.

 

Women who prefer to manage their miscarriage conservatively (without surgery) can go home after having a discussion with the Gynaecology nursing staff and/or the medical staff. Such women can then wait for up to 10 days for the miscarriage to occur without medical intervention, during which time they have open access to The Unit either in case of emergency or if they require any advice.

 

If, after 10 days, the miscarriage has not completed naturally, the Gynaecology nursing staff will discuss on the telephone with the woman if she would prefer medical or surgical intervention, to help with the miscarriage.

 

 

 

The Emergency Gynaecology Assessment Unit

 

The Emergency Gynaecology Assessment Unit works closely with the Early Pregnancy Unit and offers assessment by medical staff up until 2000 hrs at night.

 

Patients need to be referred into the Unit via their GP, who can either contact the on-call senior registrar, or refer them directly to The Unit. The Unit sees patients with any gynaecological emergency and, following assessment, those patients needing inpatient management are transferred to Ward L4, the main gynaecology ward.

 

 

 

 

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