Our Specialties
Anaesthesia
Anaesthesia has traditionally meant the condition of having sensation (including the feeling of pain) blocked or temporarily taken away. This enables our specialists to perform medical procedures painlessly for people in our care.
At Wakefield Hospital, our Consultant Anaesthetists provide services including sedation through to full anaesthesia during operations. They also provide comprehensive forms of pain relief that are specific to the procedure being performed and to each patient.
Bariatric
Anaesthesia has traditionally meant the condition of having sensation (including the feeling of pain) blocked or temporarily taken away. This enables our specialists to perform medical procedures painlessly for people in our care.
At Wakefield Hospital, our Consultant Anaesthetists provide services including sedation through to full anaesthesia during operations. They also provide comprehensive forms of pain relief that are specific to the procedure being performed and to each patient.
Cardiology
Cardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart. This includes diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease, heart failure, heart valve disease and congenital heart defects.
Cardiac surgery is surgery on the heart and surrounding blood vessels. This is done frequently to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, coronary artery bypass grafting), correct congenital heart disease, or treat heart valve disease.
Find out more about our Wakefield Heart Centre here.
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of organs inside the thoracic cavity — generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease), lungs (lung disease), and other pleural or mediastinal structures.
Endocrinology
Endocrinology is a sub-specialty of internal medicine, which deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases related to hormones. Endocrinology covers human functions as the coordination of metabolism, respiration, reproduction, sensory perception, and movement. Endocrinology also focuses on the endocrine glands and tissues that secrete hormones.
Gastroenterology and Endoscopy
Endoscopy is a non-surgical procedure used in the examination and treatment of the gastrointestinal tract. At Wakefield, we provide colonoscopy and gastroscopy procedures in our purpose-built facility. People in our care who receive our Endoscopy services benefit from all the conveniences our hospital has to offer, including the experience of leading specialists, support staff and technology.
Gender Affirmation Surgery
Gender Affirmation Surgery is performed to change a person’s sexual characteristics to better reflect their gender identity.
These surgeries can give relief from gender dysphoria, increase safety and comfort, and lessen or eliminate the need to take hormone therapies.
General surgery
Our experienced and highly trained specialists treat a range of general surgery specific conditions in adults and children. A surgical specialty, general surgery focuses on abdominal contents, including esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix, bile ducts, and thyroid gland.
Gynaecology
Gynaecological is the medical practice dealing with the health of the female reproductive system (uterus, vagina, and ovaries). It can also involve the bladder.
Gynaecological services provided at Wakefield Hospital also include uro-genital repairs for incontinence and prolapse repairs through to surgery on the female reproductive organs. This includes hysterectomies, operations to improve endometriosis and to remove tumours.
Hepato-biliary
This surgery deals with problems of the liver, gallbladder, bile and bile ducts.
This specialised branch of surgery deals with the liver and biliary systems. Operations include liver, pancreas and gall bladder resections.
Intensive Care
In recent years Intensive Care has become a complex medical specialty in its own right – focused on the diagnosis and management of life threatening conditions which require sophisticated organ support and invasive monitoring.
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disorders that affect the entire nervous system.
Neurosurgical operations include the removal of tumours on the brain and/or spinal cord. Operations such as transphenoidal resection of pituitary tumours are conducted in conjunction with ENT surgeons.
