What are different departments in an NHS hospital?
In this article we will describe an A-Z of different departments in an NHS hospital. ‘T’ means it is a specialist department of a larger teaching hospital, that is not usually present in a smaller local hospital.
A
Accident and emergency (A&E)
Acute medicine
Anaesthesia
Audiology
B
Biochemistry (clinical chemistry)
Breast surgery
C
Cardiology
Cardiothoracic surgery (T)
Colorectal (lower GI) surgery
Coronary care unit (CCU)
D
Day surgery unit
Dermatology
Dietetics
E
Ear, nose and throat (ENT)
Endocrinology and diabetes
Endoscopy
G
Gastroenterology
Geriatric medicine
H
Haematology
Hepatology (liver) (T)
I
ICU (Intensive care unit)
Immunology (T)
M
Maxillo-facial surgery
Medical genetics (T)
Microbiology
N
Neonatology
Neurology
Neurophysiology
Neurosurgery (T)
O
Obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G)
Occupational therapy
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Oral surgery and orthodontics (hospital dentistry)
Outpatient clinics
P
Paediatrics
Pain
Palliative care
Pathology
Pharmacy
Physiotherapy
Plastic surgery (T)
Pre-operative assessment
R
Radiotherapy
Renal (T)
Respiratory
Rheumatology
S
Sleep
Social work
Special care baby Unit (SCBU)
Speech and language therapy (SLT or SALT)
Stroke
T
Theatres (operating)
Trauma and orthopaedics (T&O)
U
Upper GI surgery
Urology
V
Vascular surgery
Virology
X
X-ray
Summary
We have described what are different departments in an NHS hospital, and provided an A-Z of different departments in an NHS hospital. We hope it is is clearer now.
