Welcome to Salford Critical Care
The site aims to provide information and resources for patients and their relatives who are admitted to Critical Care.
The Unit in Salford is one of the largest critical care units in the UK, consisting of 40 beds. Our patients come from all over Greater Manchester particularly as Salford Royal is a Major Trauma Centre and hosts the Manchester Centre of Clinical Neurosciences (MCCN). In addition we admit patients to our Unit following planned surgery or following presentation to our Emergency Department.
Salford Royal has a number of specialist services for Greater Manchester or the entire North West region including Oesophago-gastric surgery, Dermatology, Intestinal Failure, Renal (kidney) medicine and Stroke medicine amongst others.
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Contacting the unit:
Main reception: 0161 206 8781
Salford Switchboard: 0161 789 7373
Critical Care Unit is on Level 3, Hope Building
The hospital is easily access via the road network and public transport options within Greater Manchester.
Visiting is daily from 10am until 7pm.
A quiet hour exists between 4-5pm and we ask visitors to leave for this period.
We advise against visiting prior to 1pm as you will be asked to leaving to facilitate clinical activity which occurs in the morning.
To keep the unit safe and allow us to deliver the best possible care to our patients we have some protocols around visiting. These are there for your benefit and the wellbeing of all patients, visitors and staff.
We ask that you do not visit the unit if you have had infection symptoms that might cause a risk to other patients or relatives. Please discuss this with staff if you have any doubts.
We generally don’t encourage children to visit but please discuss this with staff on the unit.
When entering the unit, we ask that you take off outside clothing. You should then wash and dry your hands and apply the disinfectant gel that is next to the sink.
You should not eat or drink on the critical care unit and your mobile phone should be switched off or on silent mode.
Please use your phone in a way that is considerate to other visitors who may be extremely upset.
You must not take any photos in the critical care unit.