Home > For patients > Departments and services > General Surgery and Trauma > Trauma: John Radcliffe

Trauma Service at the John Radcliffe Hospital

The Trauma Service provides treatment for patients who have sustained physical injuries (usually of bones) as a result of accidents. The care of these patients at the John Radcliffe Hospital is carried out by a dedicated team with seven trauma surgeons who provide a 24 hour consultant-delivered service that is unique to Oxford.

The Trauma Service is located in the Trauma Unit at the John Radcliffe Hospital. This is a dedicated and purpose-designed building which houses the two trauma wards, the outpatient clinic area providing fracture clinics, hand clinics and spinal clinics. The building also provides facilities for radiological investigation and therapy treatment for all trauma patients.

The trauma service in Oxford works with:

• specialist Radiology and investigative teams
• Trauma and Orthopaedics at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury
• surgeons at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) for spinal trauma
• neurosurgeons at the West Wing, John Radcliffe, for the treatment of patients with head injuries
• plastic surgeons at the West Wing, John Radcliffe, who are important in reconstructive surgery after serious injuries.

Other surgical and medical specialties are involved depending on the nature of the injuries.

Inpatients

• Ward 2A: 01865 221135
• Ward 3A: 01865 221128

Outpatients

• Tel: 01865 220217
• Fracture Clinic: via JR Switchboard 01865 741166