Coventry & Warwickshire Hospital

Sorry, Wizard, I have no idea. But what I do remember is my dad reading the CET every evening, and almost every week he'd say "here we go again: Mary Hill, 51, fined £5 for being drunk and disorderly"!

Hi All, Just thought I'd do another post with some of the people I remember working at Cov & Warwick at the same time as I was there. Miss Crofton - Matron Miss Mitchell - Nursing Tutor Miss Clifford - Day Nursing Officer - Trauma Orthopaedics Mrs Morrisey - Night Nursing Officer Sister Clarkin - Watson Ward - Days Sister Abbey - Watson Ward - Days Sister Wright - Smith Clarke Ward - Days Sister Bradder - Days Sister Hextall - Days Sister Field - Night Sister SRN Ayers - ITU Nights Charge Nurse Ward - Night Charge Nurse - Casualty Charge Nurse Parsonage - Day Charge Nurse - ITU Dennis - Philip Ward Mr Sharp - Consultant Surgeon Mr Clegg - Consultant Surgeon Mr Watson - Consultant Surgeon Dr Zaphiropoulos - Consultant Rheumatologist Mr Green - Senior Remedial Gymnast Mr Howell - Remedial Gymnast Mr Sergeant - Superintendent Physiotherapist Mrs Sergeant - Physiotherapist SEN Field - Watson Ward Nights N/A Small - Watson Ward Nights N/A Hart - Nights Will do another post soon outlining the routines and responsibilities of the ward and department staff.

Hi all Have been travelling down memory lane and for life of me, can't remember what type of ward Smith Clarke was. Can anyone jog my memory please.

Hi, welcome to the forum. I'd love to help but it's not my area of interest - hopefully someone will be along who have the info.

The C&W theatres were never moved. They were where you remember them, through the double doors facing first flooor lift and to the right. I worked there in July to September 1976 while training. We would greet the patient on a stretcher, checking their armband and notes and verbally confirming their name and DOB with them. Then they were taken into the theatre anaesthetic room to be put to sleep. From there they were taken into one of two theatres. After the op they were recovered and taken back to their ward. In 1976 the room that would be ICU was empty. In ICU where I worked on the bank, there were 6 beds and it was normally staffed by 4 trained nurses. There WERE tunnels under the hospital but were never used to transport patients, as old patient records were kept down there and they never ran to any departments at all.

Another correction on my part. ICU did only have 4 beds not 6 as I said earlier. But nurses wore normal uniform there, not theatre scrubs.

We were probably there at the same point. I did my orthopaedic training Jan 1976 to March 1978, then returned to Keresley Ward Dec 1979 as a trained nurse. I was on Elizabeth Ward from June 1984 for some time and Smith Clarke from December 1984. I also did the other wards as a bank nurse till 1993. I met my husband who was a porter there. I am now retired and living in Cornwall since October 2020. I retired early. I did work at Coventry Myton Hospice from 2017 till I retired. What job did you do at C&W?

I thought that this might help oritentate the buildings. Boilers. Laundry. Isolation. King Edward VII Memorial Wing. Operation Block. Stairs. Existing Hospital. Nurses Home. Future Ward. Out Patients Block.

My daughter was delivered by Nurse Green from C & W at the Navigation Inn in August 1962, just after closing time. She has always been very punctual ever since. I remember like it was yesterday. The poor nurse bumped her head on the doorway stepping up into the bedroom.