Video: Rebecca Robbins speaks about her treatment and symptoms of Crohn’s disease
A new day unit for patients with liver, stomach and digestive diseases opened at Nottingham City Hospital.
The unit has been designed as a quiet room so that patients with these diseases can receive the care and treatment they need without being on a busy ward.
It has already benefited patients such as Rebecca Robbins who has Crohn’s disease and Lisa Barton who has ulcerative colitis.
When you are having to go to the toilet 20 times a day you’re not sleeping
Lisa Barton said: “There’s a multitude of complications that come with my condition and there’s no real cure for it.
“There are days when you can’t even get out of bed and you have to go to the toilet 20 times throughout the night.
“Of course you’re not sleeping during this time.”
Some patients will be in here for four or five hours at a time
Consultant hepatologist Emilie Wilkes thinks that the unit is a welcome addition to the hospital and will improve the care that patients need.
She said: “At present, there are patients that come into beds on the wards who potentially could use this space.
“One of the problems with the infusions that some patients need is that they can go on for hours so they’re in here for four or five hours at a time.
“One of the big pieces of feedback we’ve received is how quiet it is and that patients are able to sit and read a book for example if they wish whilst being treated.”
