Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

The Trust’s vision is to deliver the best healthcare in the UK for patients in their community. The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest general hospital foundation trusts in the country. They provide acute medical and surgical services to Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire and specialist services to a wider population across Berkshire and its border

The hospital has 607 acute, 44 paediatrics and 57 maternity post natal beds and employs over 4,800 staff.  There are 204 day beds and spaces, 16 babies born, 106 emergency admissions, 208 patients seen in A&E, 65 operations carried out, 790 radiology procedures

Further information on The Royal Berkshire Hospital can be found at: http://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/about_us.aspx

Reading Pathology

The service is divided into five main areas, clinical chemistry, hematology (including transfusion), cellular pathology, microbiology (including virology) and central services (including blood tests/ phlebotomy).

Further information on Reading Pathology can be found at: http://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/wards__departments/p/pathology1/about_pathology.aspx?theme=patient