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Clinical Assessment Unit, Sutton
The Clinical Assessment Unit (CAU) in Sutton provides elective day case procedures to reduce the need for you to have an inpatient admission.
Initially, this new one-bed unit provides ascitic drainage, but there are plans to expand the range of clinical procedures to mirror the model of care provided in the Clinical Assessment Unit at Chelsea.
Location, directions and parking
The CAU is located on the ground floor of the hospital in the East Wing.
Opening times and visitors
CAU is open 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Patients are welcome to bring a family member or friend to accompany them when attending the CAU.
Food and drink
Sandwiches, nutritional snacks, and hot and cold drinks are available for patients being treated on CAU.
Your hospital visit
Find out more elsewhere on this website:
- Day care
- Emergency admission
- What to bring with you
- How to recognise different types of staff by their uniform.
CAU staff
The clinical site practitioners and nurses working on CAU have a firm knowledge and understanding of cancer nursing and are expertly skilled in a number of clinical procedures, such as:
- pre-assessment
- telephone and face-to-face triage
- taking blood (phlebotomy)
- inserting a fine tube into a vein (cannulation)
- giving medications, fluids and various blood products into a vein
- ECG (echocardiogram).
They also have advanced assessment and diagnostic skills, enabling them to review patients and start early goal directed treatment (EGDT) for better patient outcomes.
They work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team ensuring safe and optimum care is provided within the unit and organising additional appointments for investigations as required.
The matrons are Ali Hodge and Caro Watts, and the sister is Anna Buckle.
Contact details
Tel: 020 8661 3380 or 020 8661 3379