Has anybody been to Yorkhill Hospital in Glasgow?

[Linnet]

Next week I'm going to Yorkhill Hospital in Glasgow so they can do a detailed Cardiac scan on my baby.

Question I have is...Does anybody know how central the hospital is?

I went to the website and it says that it is quite central, and since we are arriving in Glasgow on the train and the plan is to get off the train get in a taxi at the station and go straight there, does anybody know how long it's likely to take to get from Queen street station to Yorkhill Hospital?

any help appreciated

Linnet, about 20 minutes.
The hospital has a great reputation.
Good luck.

Hi Linnet
Yorkhill is in the west end of the city and will take about 10 minutes in a taxi from Queen Street. Should be about £5ish. Good luck

My dh is a GP and has several child parients who are bring treated at Yorkhill and he says they are a fabulous hosoital and exceptionally friendly.
Hope it all goes well for all of you.

Linnet - is it Yorkhill or the Queen Mother@s you have been told. Usually scan are in the Queen Mothers which is attached to Yorkhill - just incase you go in the wrong entrance

Linnet

I know this hospital really well as my son has been a patient there for years. It is one of the top places in the country & I'm sure you'll get the best advice and information there about your baby's condition.

Your taxi plan is a good one, but if you will be travelling in the rush hour you need to allow about 30 mins to be on the safe side. Otherwise 10 mins will be fine.

Dont worry whether its the Royal Hospital for Sick Children or the Queen Mothers Maternity Hospital - they are both on the same site and together are called Yorkhill Hospital. Your taxi driver will know which is the correct entrance.

Good luck!

You know Mears I did wonder about this. When the consultant told us at the 19 week scan that he was sending us to Glasgow as a precaution he mentioned the Queen Mothers Hospital. When I hadn't heard anything and mentioned it to my GP at a check up she said oh, you're being sent to Yorkhill.

The letter, which arrived yesterday says at the top Yorkhill NHS Trust then underneath it says The Queen Mother's hospital. And the letter just says to go to the Ultrasound department. I thought that there might have been a little map or something in with the letter saying go to this entrance, etc but there was nothing just the appointment.

It shouldn't be to busy traffic wise as the appoint. is at 11.30am so we should be ok for getting straight there without to much hassle.

Thanks for your help everyone.

Hope your scan goes well. They are absolutely fantastic at the Queen Mothers (I trained there many moons ago) and their scanning dept is excellent. Let us know how it goes. Best wishes, mears.

Linnet, Just ask the taxi driver to take you to the Queen Mother's hospital, they will drop you right at the Out Patients department. The receptionist will direct you to the Ultrasound Dept, its just around the corner. All very easy - you don't need a map.

If you want a coffee afterwards you can go to the WRVS tea bar in the Childrens Hospital next door - just a few yards away.Its basic but OK.

best wishes, lesley76

Mears, I didn't know that you trained at QMH...I assumed you trained in Ayrshire. I also trained there many moons ago but my qualification has long since lapsed and find it impossible to re-train. I wonder if we were in the same class? I now work in infertility research at the University of Edinburgh but midwifery was my first love.

I started training in 1983 and finished Feb'85.

You are a little younger than me then. I trained Dec82 to May 84 but then staffed until Jan 85. I returned in May of 86 for a couple of years. Our paths must have crossed then.

I finished my training in the labour ward. Worked mainly in west wing. Loved PD too.

Not fond of PD but my best friend loved it and has made her career in special care at Stirling. I always liked Labour suite best (although not the staff!) I loved being at the sharp end so to speak! I found the wings a bit boring especially ante-natal although loved getting a cuddle of the babies. I liked community aswell but, oh boy! some of the houses.....! I remember visiting one of the few 'single-ends' left in Glasgow and seeing the baby in the bottom drawer!

Labour suite sisters were something else then eh? Now I am one

Well from reading your posts you are obviously kind and sensible. I don't mean to sound mean, but I often felt quite unhappy at QMH because of the culture in LS. It was finally one of the many reasons I left the profession although I have lived to regret leaving and often yearned to return.

Wouldn't you be intested in a Return to Pracice course Pacific?
I know what you mean about LS culture - it is a well recognised problem throughout the profession. I try hard to make sure I don't behave like that - thanks for your comment

Wouldn't you be intested in a Return to Pracice course Pacific?
I know what you mean about LS culture - it is a well recognised problem throughout the profession. I try hard to make sure I don't behave like that - thanks for your comment

Yes I was interested and found out about it about three years ago.
Things may have changed since then, but at the time, only Stirling Uni did it. It cost £1800, I would have had to do 8 weeks training which was unpaid, working shifts so having to pay out of hours childcare, ie a live in nanny or suchlike. And had to pay the considerable commuting expenses to Stirling. I costed it out at about £6000 so it was just impossible. As I said, it may have changed now but I am settled in my present job which is interesting and still related to women's health and reproduction.

The Scottich Exec have started to fund return to practice courses apparently. However, sounds as though you are better staying where you are. Especially with the uncertainty over maternity services in Glasgow. Am off now to take DS round to see his friend. Bye for now.

Had my detailed scan today. We managed to make the early bus so we were in Glasgow in plenty of time and then predicitably we were kept waiting for half an hour.

Anyway outcome was baby's heart is fine, golf balls are still there but nothing to worry about. The chambers are all in the right places, blood is flowing in the right places and that was basically it. Wecould see the hands and feet really clearly, saw the spine, diaphragm and the kidney's it was a great scan.
Baby is lying across me at the moment, not head down, but DR did say that there is plenty of time for it to move into the right position, I'm only 26 weeks. Although knowing my luck and with all the problems we've had so far it'll probably stay that way, lol only time will tell.

great news Linnet

Thats good news Linnet, you must be very relieved

Glad to hear you had a good scan Linnet. A transverse lie like you describe is not at all unusual at 26 weeks. Good news