Scottish Diving
Hotline: +44(0)1224 681818, at Forrester Hills Hospital
Aberdeen,
ask for the Emergency Diving
Physician and they will transfer you to the doctor on
call for diving.
The English
Diving Emergency Hotline: +44 (0)7831 151523 (24 hrs in
emergency).
That is the Royal Navy at Alverstoke, Gosport
who will advise you then pass to the nearest acute
treatment unit in your area, if necessary.
Note: During a
recent visit there (not as a patient) I was informed that
due to hospital closure they were unsure of the future of
the HB Unit. I will keep you informed.
Ray
At sea, call
Coastguard on Channel 16. they will instigate the correct
procedures.
Whilst Flying,
always make sure you have the numbers with you as it is a
complicated process for the Pilots to handle with their
limited communication equipment believe it or not. And
your mobiles will not work.
Information Gathered with permission
from
The Worldwide Chamber
Database
(currently offline)
DO NOT
RELY ON THIS INFORMATION BEING CORRECT IT IS YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW THE DETAILS OF THE
CHAMBER IN THE AREA YOU ARE DIVING!
Detailed Information
Sorted by Longitude
(North to South)
Orkney
Islands
Orkney
Hyperbaric Unit
Senior Contact - (None)
Telephone
(Day) -
Emergency Telephone - 01856 885400
24
hour cover
Nearest Hospital -
Hospital Address -
Balfour Hospital
Distance from Heli Pad or Drop
Point -
Chamber Initialisation -
Chamber
Rated -
Covered/Operated By - Heriott-Watt
University
Strathcarron
Seafield
Recompression Chamber
Seafield College Kishorn
Strathcarron IV54 8YA
Senior Contact - Dr D Murray (01520
722221)
Telephone (Day) - 01520 722215
Lochcarron
Medical Centre,
(answerphone when surgery
closed)
Emergency Telephone - 999 (coastguard) 01520
722221
24hrs? - Yes
Nearest Hospital - 70 miles
(Raigmore)
Hospital Address - Raigmore Hospital,
Inverness
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
01224
681818 ext 52524 01224 662990 (fax)
Distance from Heli
Pad or Drop Point - 100 yards
Chamber Initialisation -
Less than 30 minutes
Chamber Rated - Category 3
Covered/Operated By - Highland Health
Board
Fort
William
The
Underwater Centre
Fort William Inverness PH33
6LZ
Senior Contact - Dr Phillip B James
Telephone
(Day) - 01397 703786
Emergency Telephone - 01631 563729
(Oban Coast Guard)
24hrs? - Yes
Nearest Hospital - 1
mile
Hospital Address - Belford Hospital Fort
William
01397 702481
Distance from Heli Pad or
Drop Point - 1 mile Chamber Initialisation - Usually on
permanent stand-by
Chamber Rated - Category 2
Covered/Operated By - Highland Health
Board
Oban
Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
PO Box 3 Oban
Argyll PA34 4AD
Senior Contact - Dr A G
Murchison
Telephone (Day) - 01631
563175
Emergency Telephone - 01631 563720 (Oban
Coastguard)
24hrs? - Yes
Nearest Hospital - 4
miles
Hospital Address - Lorn and the Islands District
General Hospital Oban
01631 567500
Distance from
Heli Pad or Drop Point - On site
Chamber Initialisation -
30 minutes approximately
Chamber Rated - Category 2
Covered/Operated By - Argyll and Clyde
Health Board
Aberdeen
Hyperbaric Medicine Unit Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS
Trust Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25
2ZB
Senior Contact - Dr John A S Ross
Telephone (Day)
- 01224 663123 Ext 52524
Emergency Telephone - 01224
681818 Ext 53030 Hyperbaric Doctor on call
24hrs? -
Yes
Nearest Hospital - On site
Hospital Address
- Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25
2ZB
Distance from Heli Pad or Drop Point - 200
yards
Chamber Initialisation - 30
minutes
Chamber Rated - Category
1
Covered/Operated By - Aberdeen Royal Hospitals
NHS Trust
Dundee
Ninewells Chamber Ninewells Hospital and Medical
School Dundee DD1 9SY
Senior Contact - Dr Phillip B
James
Telephone (Day) - 07860 722751 01382
632080
Emergency Telephone - 01382 360334
24hrs? -
Yes
Nearest Hospital - 5 minutes
Hospital
Address - Ninewells Hospital and Medical School Dundee DD1
9SY 01382 660111
Distance from Heli Pad or Drop Point - 5
minutes
Chamber Initialisation - 5
minutes
Chamber Rated - Category 3
Covered/Operated By - Dundee Teaching
Hospital Trust
Isle of
Cumbrae
University Marine Biological Station
Millport Isle
of Cumbrae Scotland KA28 0EG
Senior Contact - Dr J A S
Ross
Telephone (Day) - 01475 530581
Emergency
Telephone - 01475 729988 or 999 (Coastguard)
24hrs? -
Yes
Nearest Hospital - 1 mile
Name and of supporting
hospital
The Lady Margaret Hospital Millport Isle of
Cumbrae KA28 0HS 01475 530307
Distance from Heli
Pad or Drop Point - 1.5 miles Chamber Initialisation - 15
minutes
Chamber Rated - Category 3
Covered/Operated By - Ayrshire and arran
Community Health Care Trust
Portadown
Regional
Recompression Chamber Unit for Northern Ireland
Craigavon
Area Hospital Lurgan Road Portadown N Ireland BT63
5QQ
Senior Contact - Dr John E Galway
Telephone (Day)
- 01762 334444
Emergency Telephone - 01762
336711
24hrs? - Yes
Nearest Hospital - On
site
Hospital Address - Craigavon Area Hospital Lurgan
Road Portadown N Ireland BT63 5QQ
Distance from Heli Pad
or Drop Point - On site
Chamber Initialisation - 60
minutes Chamber Rated - Category 2
Covered/Operated By - Craigavon Area
Hospital (HSS) Group Trust
Isle of
Man
Isle of
Man Hyperbaric Facility
Fire HQ Peel Road Douglas Isle of
Man
Senior Contact - Dr D H K Chalmers
Telephone (Day)
- 01624 626394
Emergency Telephone - 01624
626394
24hrs? - Yes
Nearest Hospital - 1
mile
Hospital Address - Nobles (IOM) Hospital
Westmoreland Road Douglas Isle of Man IM1 5ED 01624
642642
Distance from Heli Pad or Drop Point - Less than 1
mile
Chamber Initialisation - 30 minutes
Chamber Rated
- Category 2
Covered/Operated By -
Isle of Man Health Service
Preston
No 1
Police Region Hyperbaric Chamber
Lancashire Police HQ
Hutton Preston PR4 5SB
Senior Contact - Dr Victor Calland
(diving related treatment)
Surgery 01772 254484 Cell
07973 666009
Emergency Telephone - 01772 618256 (Lancs
police control room duty inspector)
24hrs? -
Yes
Nearest Hospital - 5 miles
Hospital Address
- Royal Preston Hospital Fulwood Preston 01722
716565
Distance from Heli Pad or Drop Point - 100
yards
Chamber Initialisation - 30
minutes
Chamber Rated - Category 2
Covered/Operated By - Police Authority
owned
Tyne
& Wear
Northumbria Police National Diving and Marine
School
Viking Park Blackett Street Jarrow Tyne and Wear
NE32 3DS
Senior Contact - Dr Ian Robinson Force Medical
Officer
Telephone (Day) - 01661 868865
Emergency
Telephone - 0191 4547555 (Marine Unit)
24hrs? -
Yes
Nearest Hospital - 2 miles (approx)
Hospital
Address - South Tyneside District Hospital Harton Lane South
Shields Tyne and Wear NE34 0PL 0191 4548888
Distance from
Heli Pad or Drop Point - On site
Chamber
Initialisation - One hour
Chamber Rated - Category 3
Covered/Operated By - [Uknown]
Wirral
North
West Emergency Recompression Unit
Murrayfield Hospital
Holmwood Drive Thingwall Wirral CH61 1AU
Senior Contact -
Dr John Harrison
Telephone (Day) - 0151 648
8000
Emergency Telephone - 0151 648 8000
24hrs? -
Yes
Nearest Hospital - On site (not a BUPA
chamber)
Hospital Address - Murrayfield Hospital Holmwood
Drive Thingwall Wirral CH61 1AU 0151 648 7000
Distance
from Heli Pad or Drop Point - On site
Chamber
Initialisation - Less than 30 mins
Chamber Rated -
Category 1
Covered/Operated By -
N/A
Manchester
Monoplace Hyox
Ward J4 North Manchester General
Hospital Delaunay's Road Crumpsall Manchester M8
6RB
Senior Contact - Dr E M Dunbar
Telephone (Day) -
0161 720 2538
Emergency Telephone - 0161 795 4567 Ext
3336
24hrs? - Yes
Nearest Hospital - On
site
Hospital Address - North Manchester General
Hospital Manchester M8 6RB 0161 795 4567
Distance from
Heli Pad or Drop Point - 1 mile approximately
Chamber
Initialisation - Immediate
Chamber Rated - Category
4
Covered/Operated By - North
Manchester Healthcare Trust
Hull
North of
England Medical Hyperbaric Unit
BUPA Hospital Lowfield
Road Anlaby Hull HU10 7AZ
Senior Contact - Mr Paul Grout
Telephone (Day) - 01482 659471
Emergency Telephone -
01489 659471
24hrs? - Yes
Nearest Hospital - On
site
Hospital Address - BUPA Hospital Hull HU10
7AZ
Distance from Heli Pad or Drop Point - On
site
Chamber Initialisation - 60 minutes
Chamber
Rated - Category 1
Covered/Operated
By - East Riding Health Authority
Peterborough
Hyperbaric Unit
District Hospital Thorpe Road
Peterborough PE3 6HJ
Senior Contact - Dr Paul N Read
Telephone (Day) - 01733 874529
Emergency Telephone -
01733 874000
24hrs? - Yes
Nearest Hospital - Adjacent
to ITU
Hospital Address - District Hospital Peterborough
PE3 6DA
Distance from Heli Pad or Drop Point - 2
miles
Chamber Initialisation - Immediate
Chamber Rated
- Category 4
Covered/Operated By -
Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust
Stoney
Cove
Stoney
Cove Marine Trials Ltd
Sapcote Road Stoney Stanton
Leicestershire LE9 4DW
Senior Contact - No medical
director
Telephone (Day) - 01455 273089
Emergency
Telephone - 01455 842778 07370 772952 (mobile)
24hrs? -
No
Nearest Hospital - 12 miles
Hospital Address -
Leicester Royal Infirmary Infirmary Close Leicester LE1 5WW
0116 258 5121 0116 258 3122
Distance from Heli Pad or
Drop Point - 6 miles (Leicester Police HQ)
Chamber
Initialisation - 45 minutes
Chamber Rated -
Category 3
Covered/Operated By -
[Uknown]
London
Name: of
chamber Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS-Trust
Hyperbaric Unit
Address: London Hyperbaric Medicine Ltd.
Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS-Trust
Leytonstone,London E11 1NR
Senior Contact - Dr M R
Hamilton-Farrell
Telephone (Day) - Tel: 0208 539 1222
Fax: 0208 539 1333
Emergency Telephone - 0208 539 5522
(24 hr Hospital Switchboard)
24hrs? - Yes
Nearest
Hospital - On site
Hospital Address - Whipps Cross
University Hospital Leytonstone London E11
1NR
Distance from Heli Pad or Drop Point - On
site
Chamber Initialisation - 30 minutes
Chamber Rated
- Category 1
Covered/Operated By -
London Hyperbaric Medicine Ltd.
Capital
Hyperbarics
Capital Hyperbarics The Hospital of St. John
and St Elizabeth 60 Grove End Road St John’s Wood LONDON NW8
9H
Principal medical director
Telephone (Day) - 020
7806 4000 Ext 4445 Fax: 020 7266 4813
Emergency Telephone
- 24 hr page: 07623 937666 and 07654 285034
24 hour
cover
Nearest Hospital - On Site
Hospital Address
-
Distance from Heli Pad or Drop Point
-
Time to mobilise chamber
Chamber Rated - 1
Covered/Operated By - NHS
Great
Yarmouth
James
Paget Hospital Hyperbaric Chamber
Lowestoft Road
Gorleston Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR31 6SG
Senior Contact
- Dr N K McIver
Telephone (Day) - 01493
414141
Emergency Telephone - 01493 414164 (North Sea
Medical Centre duty doctor)
24hrs? - Yes
Nearest
Hospital - On site
Hospital Address - James Paget
Hospital Lowestoft Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31
6LA
Distance from Heli Pad or Drop Point -On
site
Chamber Initialisation - 1 hour
Chamber Rated -
Category 1
Covered/Operated By - East
Norfolk Health Authority
Gravesend
Marine
Services
Port of London Authority Mark Lane Gravesend
Kent DA12 2QB
Senior Contact - Dr N
Ramanathan
Telephone (Day) - 01474
706473
Emergency Telephone - 01474 560311
24hrs? -
Yes
Nearest Hospital - 4 miles
Hospital Address
- Gravesend Hospital (Daytime) Dartford Hospital
(Nights)
Distance from Heli Pad or Drop Point - On
site
Chamber Initialisation - 1 hour or
more
Chamber Rated - Category 3
Covered/Operated By - N/A
Gosport
Hyperbaric Medicine Unit Royal Hospital
Haslar
Royal Hospital Haslar Haslar Road Gosport
Hampshire PO12 2AA
Senior Contact - Dr R
Sawyer
Telephone (Day) - 02392 762970 02392
762973(fax)
Emergency Telephone - 07831 151523
24hrs?
- Yes
Nearest Hospital - on site
Hospital Address -
Royal Hospital Haslar Haslar Road Gosport Hampshire PO12 2AA
02392 584255(24 hours) 02392 762970
Distance from Heli
Pad or Drop Point - 400 yards (Map ref: GSGS 5215 196, N 50
deg 47.18 min, W 001 deg 07.22 min)
Chamber
Initialisation - 20 minutes maximum
Chamber Rated -
category 1
Covered/Operated By -
Government Agency owned
Poole
Atalantic Enterprise UK Ltd "Poole Hyperbaric
Centre"
7 Parkstone Road Poole Dorset BH15 2NN
Senior
Contact - Dr D McCann
Telephone (Day) - 01202 678278
01202 678478
Emergency Telephone - 01426 316636
(answer service) 0336 771883 (pager service) A return call
will be made.
24hrs? - Yes
Nearest Hospital - Adjacent
to Poole General
Hospital Address - Poole General
Hospital Longfleet Road Poole Dorset 01202
665511
Distance from Heli Pad or Drop Point - 5
minutes
Chamber Initialisation - 5 minutes
Chamber
Rated - Category 1
Covered/Operated
By - Dorset Health Trust
Plymouth
The
Hyperbaric Medical Centre (DDRC Plymouth)
Tamar Science
Park Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8BQ
Senior Contact - Dr
P Bryson
Telephone (Day) - 01752 209999
Emergency
Telephone - 01752 261910
24hrs? - Yes
Nearest Hospital
- Adjacent to Derriford Hospital
Hospital Address -
Derriford Hospital Derriford Road Plymouth PL6 8DH 01752
777111 Distance from Heli Pad or Drop Point - On
site
Chamber Initialisation - 20 minutes
Chamber Rated
- Category 1
Covered/Operated By -
Plymouth NHS Trust
Guernsey
Hyperbaric Unit
St John Ambulance and Rescue
Service Rohais St Peterport Guernsey CI 01481 725211 Senior
Contact - Dr B Parkin
Telephone (Day) - 01481
714963
Emergency Telephone - 01481 714963
24hrs?
- Yes
Nearest Hospital - 1 mile
Hospital Address
- Princess Elizabeth Hospital Guernsey CI 01481
725241
Distance from Heli Pad or Drop Point - 2
miles
Chamber Initialisation - 30 minutes
Chamber
Rated - Category 1
Covered/Operated By - St John
Ambulance Rescue
Jersey
Jersey
Hyperbaric Treatment Centre
The Albert Quay St Helier
Jersey CI JE2 3NE
Senior Contact - Dr Stanley
Hamilton
Telephone (Day) - 01534
873633
Emergency Telephone - Local emergency number
999
24hrs? - Yes
Nearest Hospital - Less than 1
mile
Hospital Address - The General Hospital St Helier
Jersey CI JE2 3QS 01534 59000
Distance from Heli
Pad or Drop Point - 1 mile
Chamber Initialisation - 30
minutes
Chamber Rated - Category 3
Covered/Operated By -
Independent