Princess of Wales Hospital
| Princess of Wales Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board | |
 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Wales |
| Hospital type | General, Secondary care |
| Affiliated university | No |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| History | |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=92&pid=1148 |
| Lists | Hospitals in Wales |
The Princess of Wales Hospital, based in Bridgend, Wales, is a major acute secondary care district general hospital.
Facilities
Facilities include:
- Accident & emergency
- Dermatology
- Otolaryngology
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery
- Audiology
- Ophthalmology
- Mental Health
- Gynaecology
- Surgery
- Palliative care
- diagnostic services (such as imaging and pathology)
The hospital also has a Coronary Care unit, an Adult Intensive Care unit, a Neonatal intensive care unit and a small Paediatric unit which deals with Medical and Surgical cases in children.
Adjacent to the hospital is Bridgend Clinic, a private facility in conjunction with the main hospital and provides private services similar, as well as additional services in Bariatric surgery, Cosmetic Surgery and Psychology.
SMTL (the Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory), a laboratory funded by the Welsh Assembly Government to provide testing and technical services to the Welsh NHS on medical devices is based at Princess of Wales.
Uniforms
Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine re-designed the uniforms of the catering department as part of their ITV show, Trinny & Susannah Undress the Nation. The episode was broadcast on 18 December 2007.
External links
Coordinates: 51°31′03″N 3°34′18″W / 51.51743°N 3.57169°W