Current status – 1 August 2022
Glan Clwyd Hospital
The following Gastroenterology Outpatient Services are taking place for urgent patients as indicated below:-
- Consultant Clinics - Telephone and face-to-face clinics continue to take place in Glan Clwyd Hospital and some community hospital sites.
- Hepatology Clinics - Telephone and face-to-face clinics continue to take place in Glan Clwyd Hospital.
- Fibroscan Clinics - Telephone clinics and nface-to-face clinics continue to take place in Glan Clwyd Hospital.
- IBD Clinics - Telephone clinics face-to-face clinics continue to take place in Glan Clwyd Hospital.
The following urgent Endoscopy Services are taking place -
• Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
• Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
• Colonoscopy
• Gastroscopy
• Flexi-sigmoidoscopy
Bowel Screening Wales services have restarted.
The Medical Day Case Unit is operational from Ward 6 and provides nurse led care and follow ups, IBD infusions, blood transfusions and assessment and management of ascites as well as many more interventions helping keep patients well and out of hospital.
Ysbyty Gwynedd
Fibroscan clinics, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Capsule Endoscopy appointments and Diagnostic Endoscopy services at Ysbyty Gwynedd are all running daily, but at a reduced capacity.
Bowel Screening Wales services has also restarted.
Wrexham Maelor Hospital
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and BSW procedures are run weekly and Diagnostic Endoscopy services are all running daily at Wrexham Maelor.
We are undertaking several telephone and face-to-face clinics for urgent patients with suspected cancer as well as routine telephone clinics.
The following services are taking place:
IBD clinics
IBD telephone clinics are undertaken on a Monday and Tuesday and the IBD helpline is open 24 hours a day.
BBV clinics
BBV telephone clinics are undertaken weekly
Fibroscan clinics
These are currently on hold and will reopen in August 2022
Capsule Endoscopy appointments
These are scheduled for every Wednesday
IV Suite
This clinic runs every Wednesday