Epsom Hospital, Dorking Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7EG

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Brief description

https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/epsom-hospital

"Epsom Hospital provides an extensive range of inpatient, day and outpatient services, and has a busy accident and emergency (A&E) department. The vast majority of elective (pre-booked) operations at the trust take place at Epsom Hospital.

We have an extensive range of diagnostic and supporting services at Epsom Hospital, including pathology, radiology (including CT, MRI and ultrasound) and vascular diagnostic services, and a busy modern purpose-built day care and day surgery unit.

The Elective Orthopaedic Centre (opens in a new window) (the EOC) is based at the hospital, providing orthopaedic services to patients from St George's, Croydon Health Services and Kingston hospitals in addition to patients from Epsom and St Helier hospitals.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (opens in a new window) provides acute inpatient psychiatric services from the hospital."

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsom_Hospital

"Epsom Hospital is a teaching hospital in Epsom, Surrey, England. The hospital is situated on Dorking Road 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south east of the centre of Epsom. It is managed by the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust along with the nearby St Helier Hospital. The hospital contains an accident and emergency and a range of diagnostic and supporting services including pathology, radiology (including CT, MRI and ultrasound), the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC) which calls itself a "centre of excellence",[8] vascular diagnostic services and an acute psychiatric facility operated by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.[9] "

Address

Epsom Hospital, Dorking Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7EG

Email

Phone

01372 73 5735

Website

https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/epsom-hospital

Directions

Car parking spaces are limited at the hospital. If you do wish to come by car, take the A24 towards Leatherhead from Epsom town centre. The hospital is on your left, after half a mile.

Infomation about parking at our hospitals, including charges and concessions.

There is a dedicated parking area for motorbikes by the Woodcote Green Road entrance to the hospital. 

There is no charge for motorbike parking and the area has locking posts.

A sheltered area for parking bicycles is located near the main entrance to the Derby suite, opposite the visitor car park (Dorking Road entrance).

Further bicycle parking stands can be found outside the main entrance to the Elective Orthopaedic Centre (EOC, formerly known as SWELOC), Denbies wing (Woodcote Green Road entrance).

Cycle routes around Epsom Hospital are covered in:

• Surrey County Council’s Cycle Guide No. 3 (opens in a new window)
• Transport for London’s Cycle Guide No. 12 (opens in a new window) "

Always check with the venue directly for up-to-date information including opening times and admission charges as they may be subject to change

Transport

2024: "Travelling by bus

The following buses stop outside Epsom Hospital:

• E5: Langley Vale - Epsom - Watersedge 
  (departs approximately every half hour from Epsom Clock Tower. The service only runs past the hospital every two hours) - see the bus timetable for E5 bus (opens in a new window)
• 166: Epsom Hospital - Epsom - Banstead - West Croydon (hourly Monday to Saturday, no service on Sunday) - see the bus timetable for 166 bus (opens in a new window)
• 293: Epsom Hospital - Epsom - North Cheam - Morden (every 20 minutes peak) - see the bus timetable for 293 bus (opens in a new window)
• 408: Epsom - Ashtead - Leatherhead – Cobham (approximately every hour Monday to Friday) - see the new emergency bus timetable for 408 bus (opens in a new window) - from 18 January 2021.
• 479: Epsom - Ashtead - Leatherhead – Guildford (every 30 minutes peak) - see the bus timetable for 479 bus (opens in a new window)

To travel by bus from St Helier Hospital to Epsom Hospital, take the 157 bus from St Helier Hospital to Morden. From Morden you can take the 293 to Epsom Hospital. Alternatively, you can take the 80 or 280 from Rosehill roundabout to Sutton Station and then catch the 470 to Epsom town centre. 

There are direct services to Epsom station from London Waterloo, London Victoria, Sutton, West Croydon and Dorking.

Epsom Hospital is a 15-20 minute walk or a short taxi or bus ride from the station. Bus numbers E5, 166 and 293 depart from Epsom High Street; numbers 408 and 479 from in front of the clock tower."

Amenities

2024: "Food and drink

The Ingredients Restaurant is on the second floor of the Wells Wing, and serves sandwiches, salads, hot meals, snacks and drinks. Opening hours: 7am - 2.30pm, Monday to Friday.

The Costa coffee shop, next to the restaurant, serves drinks, cakes and sandwiches.
Opening hours: 7.30am - 8pm Monday to Friday, 8am - 8pm Saturday and Sunday.

The Friends of Epsom Hospital shop is at the front of the hospital, near Derby Wing, and sells newspapers, cards and small gifts. Please note that the Friends shop is currently closed because of coronavirus. 

Please note that debit and credit cards are only accepted at Ingredients restaurant and Costa. 

We also have an M&S and a WHSmith at Epsom Hospital. M&S can be found in Headley Wing and WHSmith is located on the corridor leading to Wells Wing.

There is a pharmacy at the front of the hospital. Please note: the Friends of Epsom shop is currently closed. 

There is a cash machine on the ground floor of the Wells Wing, opposite the lifts. A charge is made by the operators for using their dispenser.

As an inpatient, you have access to a personal TV, phone and internet terminal for your individual use at most beds. This service is provided by Hospedia.

Read more about our bedside TV, phone and internet service

Epsom Hospital has its own radio station: Epsom Hospital Radio. You can listen to the station through the terminals by your bed.

As part of a national drive, led by NHS Digital, to make information more accessible to people using NHS services in England, free NHS wi-fi is now available across our hospitals.

To connect to the internet for free using the NHS Wi-Fi network, please follow these simply steps:

1. Select ‘NHS Wi-Fi’ from the list of network names on your device.
2. Read the terms of use on the next screen, and then click the ‘Accept & connect’ button to  join the network.
3. Once connected, you will see a message saying ‘You are connected’ and your browser will be redirected to the NHS website. 

This will give you 12 hours of access to the internet (if you remain on site). After 12 hours, or the next time you are in our hospitals, you will need to repeat the above process.

Please note that at this time the service will not allow you to stream music or videos.

If you have any problems with this service, please call Wi-Fi Spark’s 24/7 UK helpdesk on 0344 848 9555 (calls to 03 numbers cost no more than a national rate call to an 01 or 02 number and count towards any inclusive minutes). 

We also have help and support services, including our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) and chaplaincy and pastoral care services."