Coronary Care Unit
Coronary Care Unit
Specialist heart unit
Coronary Care Unit
Coronary Care Unit
Contact Coronary Care Unit
Ward phone: To speak with a member of our ward team, call: 01483 464 016 (ext 4016/6397).
Location: Floor E, the East Wing, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford.
Ward sister/s in charge: Noemi Findlay/Angela Vidad.
About Coronary Care Unit
The Coronary Care Unit (CCU) is a six-bed ward providing specialist care for patients with acute cardiac conditions, including heart attacks, arrhythmias and heart failure. We are committed to delivering excellent care across acute cardiology, cardiac intervention and diagnostics, with our nurses rotating across the Catheterisation Laboratory and Cardiac Diagnostics to maintain the highest level of specialist expertise.
Our services:
- Around-the-clock care with regular review by a cardiology consultant or specialist registrar.
- Continuous monitoring using advanced cardiac systems.
- Rapid intervention by staff trained to identify clinical deterioration and heart abnormalities.
- Specialist care across heart failure, arrhythmia and cardiac rehabilitation.
Your care team
We have a dedicated team of specialist doctors and nurses who are highly skilled in heart failure, arrhythmia and cardiac rehabilitation, working closely with our experienced healthcare assistants.
Working collaboratively, we provide expert, round-the-clock cardiac care — responding quickly when it matters most and supporting your recovery every step of the way.
Learn more about our ward teams and their roles.
Visiting information
Visiting hours
- 12-8pm daily.
Visitor guidelines
- Up to two visitors per patient at any one time.
- Children under 12 years old are not allowed to visit adult wards, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
- When you arrive, please check in with a member of ward staff before visiting your loved one.
- If you are visiting a patient receiving end-of-life care, we will aim to accommodate more visitors, usually up to four people a day, but this may vary depending on ward pressures. The matron or nurse in charge will provide more information when needed.
- Read and follow our infection control guidelines (see below).
Help keep our patients safe and well
Please don’t visit if you have:
- Any signs of infection.
- Had diarrhoea, vomiting or symptoms of flu in the last 48 hours.
While visiting a patient, please:
- Do not bring flowers.
- Use the public toilets (not the ones on the wards – they are for patients only).
- Don’t eat at bedsides.
- Do not touch patient’s wounds bandages/dressings or medical equipment.
Before you visit, please read and follow our infection control information guidelines, which help protect our patients from germs.
Getting here
Getting to the Coronary Care Unit
Online map:
You can use our online map to navigate around our site. Head to the East Wing, where you will find stairs and lifts to our ward floors A, B, C, D and E.
What Three Words:
rise.local.copper - this will take you to the East Wing lift/stairs lobby.
Directions from the hospital main entrance:
- Walk straight ahead past the reception desk on your right.
- Continue past M&S on your left until the corridor becomes a T-junction.
- Look for the hospital map on the wall directly in front of you (this can help if you get lost).
Head to the East Wing:
- Turn right towards the East Wing.
- Walk along the corridor until you come to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) doors.
- Turn right just before the ICU doors (do not enter the ICU).
To reach Level E:
- You will now find the East Wing lifts on your left and the East Wing stairs on your right.
- Take either the lift or the stairs to Level E (three floors up from ground level).
Final step:
- Follow the ward signs on Level E to reach Merrow Ward.
- Coronary Care Unit is located after Merrow Bay 9.
Questions or concerns
First point of contact: Speak to the ward nurse in charge – we want patients to feel informed and comfortable during their stay.
If you still have questions: Ask to speak with the ward matron.
Concerned about a change or deterioration in a patient’s condition? Alongside speaking to ward staff, you can also contact the Critical Care Outreach Team through Call 4 Concern.
Complaints and support: Contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) for confidential, impartial advice and support.