If you have been given an outpatient appointment at the hospitals and are unable to attend for whatever reason you can use the form below.
It is really important that you let us know of any changes as soon as possible. This means we can offer the original appointment to another patient.
Please complete the form below with your contact details and as much information as possible. You can find most of the information we need on your appointment letter.
If you have any problems using this form, please call the number on your appointment letter and we will do our best to help you. You will receive a response from us so you know it has been received and actioned.
If you wish to change the date and time of your appointment you, you can click the re-book option and state any dates that are not suitable for you, or you can contact us using the number on your appointment letter.
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals is reintroducing limited visiting to a small number of hospital wards from today Tuesday 1st June as COVID-19 restrictions ease.
A phased approach to visiting is possible due the reduction in COVID-19 infection in the community and will apply to the following wards Acute Cardiac Care Unit (ACCU), A7, A8, K25, B19 and the Intensive Care Unit.
Patients on these wards will be able to receive one visitor, for up to one hour per day at an allocated slot which needs to be booked with the ward 24 hours in advance.
There are some exceptions and different arrangements apply for children on inpatient wards, pregnant women using maternity services, those patients with a mental health issue or cognitive impairment and for those patients who are at the end of their life.
Visiting was suspended across the NHS in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, except in exceptional circumstances, and the phased reintroduction will be reviewed before it is extended to other wards.
Visitors must follow the safe visiting guidance issued to them throughout the visit and visiting will be restricted or suspended with immediate effect in the event of a spread of infection on hospital wards or in the local community.
Visitors who experience any of the symptoms of COVID-19 infection - a high temperature, a new, continuous cough or a loss or change to sense of smell or taste – must not visit hospitals and should postpone any planned visit.
Chief Nurse and Deputy Chief Executive Kimberley Salmon-Jamieson said: “We know how important visits from family and friends are to patients when in hospital and we are working hard to deliver a safe reintroduction within a limited number of wards at this time.
“As we look to take this important next step it is vital that all patients and their visitors abide by the new visiting guidance by booking a slot in advance, arriving no earlier than the allocated slot and leaving the ward when this has finished. It is also important to stress how important it remains to continue to adhere to social distancing, always wearing face coverings over the mouth and nose when on the hospital site and maintaining good hand hygiene.”
For details of the Warrington and Halton Hospitals Visiting Guidance visit here
For details on the main symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) visit NHS (www.nhs.uk)
It is natural that you will want to know how your friend or relative is progressing, but it would help us considerably if calls could be kept to a minimum. Perhaps you could nominate one person who could enquire on behalf of the family. As you appreciate, the hospital switchboard gets very busy and it would assist us greatly if people could avoid ringing in at peak times (breakfast, lunch and teatime). Each ward has a direct dial telephone number which means you do not have to go through the switchboard. Please ask the nurse in charge for this number. They may also advise on the best time to call for an update each day (following the doctor's ward rounds for example).
Find a list of Ward phone numbers here.
Most of our inpatient wards have access to the Hospedia bedside communication system by each bed. This gives personal telephone and internet access as well as TV and radio. Patients can register and the number will go straight through to their bedside set so you can keep in touch by phone and leave messages. This is a service that you need to pay for and is charged at nationally set rates as it is a system that is in place across the NHS as part of a national contract. You will be advised of the costs per minute when the call is connected so please listen carefully. More information on Hospedia can be found on their website here.
Mobile phones can be used in the majority of areas within the Trust. In certain areas we ask that you restrict your use of mobile phones because of the risk of interference with sensitive medical equipment. In areas such as high dependency units, catheter labs, recovery areas and A&E Resus areas where the density of sensitive equipment is high the use of phones is restricted.
Please be aware that taking pictures, video or sound recordings of any person, patient, visitor or staff member is prohibited on all Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust premises without prior permission.
Mail is delivered to the wards each morning and we will try and ensure that any post gets to patients where possible. To ensure that patients receive any post promptly, please put the full name, ward number and the correct hospital address including the postcode on the envelope. We will do our best to ensure that any post reaches patients but please bear in mind that if post is delayed, it may arrive after they have been discharged.
Please see the How to find us section of this website for full information on travel, parking and public transport at the hospitals.
Visitors are able to use the hospital shuttle bus service that runs between The Nightingale Building (formerly known as Halton Hospital) (including a stop at The Captain Sir Tom Moore Building) and Warrington Hospital throughout the day, seven days a week, to get to visits. For further information on this service and a full timetable, see the hospital shuttle bus page of this site. Please check the travel times carefully and bear in mind that services around the peak visiting times can be busy.
Special arrangements are available for visitors to long-stay (over one week) or seriously ill patients. The parking at the hospitals pages have details of the parking concessions that are available to regular or long term patients and visitors.
The trust has a team of chaplains who visit the hospital wards regularly. They are available to give confidential spiritual care and support at times of need and distress. You do not have to be religious to receive a visit.
There is always a chaplain on-call, so if you want to see someone urgently, please ask the staff to contact one of the team. If you prefer, we can inform your own minister or faith leader for you.
Each hospital has a chapel and both are always open for prayer and quiet reflection. At Halton the chapel is on the upper floor by the entrance to ward B4. At Warrington it is situated on the ground floor of Burtonwood Wing, near wards B10 and B11. In this chapel there are washing facilities for Muslim prayer.
Holy Communion can always be brought to you at the bedside. However, there are also a number of services each week in the hospital chapels.
A team of trained helpers can bring you to these services in a wheelchair. All patients, family, friends and staff are warmly welcome to come along.
We provide a range of shops and facilities for patients, staff and visitors at the hospitals.
