Royal United Hospitals Bath | Older People's Unit

Older People's Unit

Specialist Clinics

Consultant clinics by specialty

Specialist services/clinics are provided for the following conditions:

Falls
Dementia provided through the RICE clinic (external link)
Orthogeriatrics
Parkinson's disease and movement disorders
Acute assessment and comprehensive evaluation of older people (ACE-OPU)

Access to outpatient clinics is via GP referral. The department has outpatient clinics at the RUH and many of the community hospitals in the area and a timetable is provided below.

Clinic	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
General Medical			Shepton Mallet Monthly ADK (e-RS) Chippenham Fortnightly TW	RUH Fortnightly KEP (e-RS) Frome Monthly FEW (e-RS)	RUH Fortnightly ADK (e-RS) Chippenham Fortnightly CED
Falls & Bone Health	St Martins Hospital Weekly ADK	St Martins Hospital Weekly ADK RUH Bone Health Monthly (ward follow-up only) KAH			Chippenham Fortnightly CED
Movement Disorders	Paulton Monthly SEE (e-RS)	Devizes Monthly SEE (e-RS) Chippenham Monthly SEE (e-RS) Warminster Monthly SEE (e-RS)	RUH Fortnightly RKF (e-RS) St Martins Hospital Monthly VL		RUH Monthly SEE (e-RS) St Martins Hospital Weekly RKF

e-RS = NHS e-Referral Service

For GPs

Older People's Unit

Consultant clinics by specialty