Caithness General Hospital
Caithness General is the main Accident and Emergency department for the area. Patients will be assessed, stabilised, treated or transferred if required. Obstetric (maternity) support is available but the hospital does not have a paediatrician on site. Specialist support and advice is provided from Raigmore Hospital and other specialist hospitals.
Caithness General is a modern, well-equipped Rural General Hospital.
The hospital provides consultant-led acute and rehabilitation inpatient care (20 acute assessment and 24 post-acute and rehabilitation beds), a day case unit, a range of outpatient services and a Community Midwifery Unit. Allied health professional services are also based in the hospital.
Most specialist services are provided at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, over 100 miles south. Neurosurgery and cardiothoracic surgery are provided at hospitals in Aberdeen, Edinburgh or Glasgow.
The senior hospital doctors are known as Consultants and Rural Emergency Practitioners. The Consultant and Rural Emergency Practitioner will be assisted by other medical staff, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
The Senior Charge Nurse is responsible for the management of the ward, and is assisted by other registered nurses, health care support workers and student nurses in training.
You may also meet a wide range of staff from other departments, who are essential to your care. All staff wear a badge advising of their name and role.