Cardiac Ward

Cardiac Day Unit

Cardiac specialist unit

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Contact the Cardiac Day Unit

Ward phone: To speak with a member of our ward team, call 01483 571 122 (extention 6326)

Location: Floor B, the East Wing, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford.

Ward sister/s in charge: Noemi Findlay/Angela Vidad

About the Cardiac Day Unit

The Cardiac Day Ward is a five-bed ward specialising in diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions. We use minimally invasive techniques to support diagnosis, treatment and recovery. 

Patients admitted to the ward are cared for in our Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory, where our team carries out a range of minimally invasive diagnostic and treatment procedures, including:

  • Coronary angiogram
  • Loop recorder implantation
  • Simple and complex pacemaker insertion
  • Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) insertion
  • Cardioversion
  • Electrophysiology study and ablation

Your care team

Our team of healthcare professionals includes cardiology consultants, cardiac nurses, physiologists and radiographers.

Learn more about our ward teams and their roles.

Visiting information

Visiting hours

  • 12-6pm Weekdays.

Visitor guidelines

  • Up to one visitor per patient at any one time as we have very limited space.
  • Children under 12 years old are not allowed to visit adult wards, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
  • When you arrive, please check in with a member of ward staff before visiting your loved one.
  • If you are visiting a patient receiving end-of-life care, we will aim to accommodate more visitors, usually up to four people a day, but this may vary depending on ward pressures. The matron or nurse in charge will provide more information when needed.
  • Read and follow our infection control guidelines (see below).

Help keep our patients safe and well

Please don’t visit if you have:

  • Any signs of infection.
  • Had diarrhoea, vomiting or symptoms of flu in the last 48 hours.

While visiting a patient, please:

  • Do not bring flowers.
  • Use the public toilets on Levels A and B. Ward toilets are for patients only.
  • Don’t eat at bedsides.
  • Do not touch patient’s wounds bandages/dressings or medical equipment.

Before you visit, please read and follow our infection control information guidelines, which help protect our patients from germs.

Getting here

Cardiac Ward Directions:

You can use our online map to navigate around our site. Head to the East Wing, where you will find stairs and lifts to our ward floors A, B, C, D and E.

What Three Words:

rise.local.copper - this will take you to the East Wing lift/stairs lobby. 

Directions from the hospital main entrance:

Walk straight ahead past the reception desk on your right.

Continue past M&S on your left until the corridor becomes a T-junction.

Look for the hospital map on the wall directly in front of you (this can help if you get lost).

Head to the East Wing:

Turn right towards the East Wing.

Walk along the corridor past the lifts.

Final step:

There is a corridor to your right, signposted for the Cardiac Day Ward.

Questions or concerns

First point of contact: Speak to the ward nurse in charge – we want patients to feel informed and comfortable during their stay.

If you still have questions: Ask to speak with the ward matron.

Concerned about a change or deterioration in a patient’s condition? Alongside speaking to ward staff, you can also contact the Critical Care Outreach Team through Call 4 Concern.

Complaints and support: Contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) for confidential, impartial advice and support.