What we do:
Hawick Community Hospital is a multidisciplinary Community Hospital for Hawick and the surrounding areas.
It is our philosophy to provide a high standard of individualised care to help people attain maximum independence, ensure that patient diginity is maintained and care is provided in a safe and caring environment.
About our services:
Hawick Community Hospital has a 24 bed ward delivering care to patients with a wide variety of conditions/interventions including:
- Patients who are acutely unwell
- Rehabilitation
- Assessment
- Palliative Care
We have a Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist in the ward Monday - Friday providing assesments and rehabilitaion plans and we also provide close links with Dietician, Speech and Language Therapist and Social Work. Medical support is provided by the local General Practitioners.
How to access our services:
Access to our service is through the General Practitioner or, where appropriate, following discharge from the Borders General Hospital.
Minor Injuries:
The Minor Injuries Unit is currently suspended until further notice. If you need health advice or treatment for non-life threatening conditions, please call NHS 24 on 111 and they will signpost you to the right place to get the advice or care that you need. If it is an emergency, you should call 999 or attend the Emergency Department at the BGH.
Out-Patient Clinics:
Various consultant and nurse led clinics are run within our Community Hospital for services such as gynaecology; orthopaedics; retinopathy; sexual health and Parkinson’s. Access to out-patient clinics comes directly from the relevant service.