Acute Medical Unit (AMU)
Opening times
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
Telephone
01493 452633
Location
Ground floor next to the Emergency Department (A&E)
The Acute Medical Unit (AMU) team looks after all acute medical patients whose condition necessitates hospital specialist review and therapies.
The Acute Medical Unit (AMU) is a 30 bed main admission unit that is used for the immediate review and treatment of patients who are expected to require investigations and therapies as an inpatient. After an initial workup by the acute medicine team, AMU patients are transferred to an appropriate medical ward for further care.
The Acute Medical Unit is designed to treat patients with a whole range of presentations including those with more immediate and life threatening conditions. As such the team have a wide knowledge and skill base to allow them to manage all individual patient needs.
