Byland
- Specialism
- Elderly
- Visiting Times
- 2pm-4pm and 6pm-8pm
- Ward Manager
- Biju Varughese
- Location
- Second floor, Strayside Wing, Harrogate District Hospital
- Get in touch
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- Telephone: 01423 555318
- Alternative: 01423 555319
Visiting times
Ward visiting times and contact details for Harrogate District Hospital.
13 June 2022 Visitor Guidance
Visiting restrictions have been eased further. Visiting hours at Harrogate District Hospital and Ripon Community Hospital are now 2pm-4pm and 6pm-8pm. Up to two visitors can visit a patient at any one time. Booking is not required. Please do not visit if you have symptoms of a respiratory illness (cold/flu-like illness) or you have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 10 days.
18 May 2022 Visitor Guidance
Please be aware this affects all opening times for all wards listed below
Visiting restrictions have been eased further at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust’s (HDFT) hospitals in Harrogate and Ripon in line with national guidance.
Inpatients may have two visitors, between the hours of 2pm-4pm, for a duration of up to one hour. Booking to visit a loved one in hospital is no longer required.
Patient visiting guidance
Please do not visit if you have symptoms of a respiratory illness (cold/flu-like illness) or you have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 10 days.
Symptoms include:
- High temperature, fever or chills
- New, continuous cough
- A loss or alteration to taste or smell
- Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
- Headache that is unusual or longer lasting than usual
- Diarrhoea, feeling sick or being sick
- Muscle aches or pains that are not due to exercise
- Runny/stuffy nose, sore throat
Visitors – please help keep patients, staff and other visitors safe by doing the following:
- Anyone visiting the hospitals will be required to wear a mask provided by the hospital.
- Wear your mask over your nose and mouth during your visit, do not put it under your nose or lower it to talk. Please discuss with staff if lip reading is required.
- Wash or sanitise your hands on entering the ward and the bay.
- Do not sit on the patient’s bed.
- Do not walk around the bay, please just stay with your relative.
- Patients may have two visitors for 1 hour between the hours of 2:00pm and 4:00pm.
- On leaving the bay and the ward, wash or sanitise your hands.
- Visiting may change at short notice if a bay requires temporary closure for an infection or due to changes in national guidance.
Visits to patients who have COVID-19 may occur in exceptional circumstances, as agreed with the Ward Manager.
Our hospital is still extremely busy and staff are working as hard as they can to care for our patients, so please help them by adhering to this guidance. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Outpatients
Outpatients visiting one of our hospitals for an appointment may have one person accompanying them if required.