Nobles Hospital (IOM)

Children’s Ward (Ward 3) is based on the ground floor at Noble’s Hospital. Enter through the main entrance, turning right on the main corridor, at the end turn right again until the end of the corridor then you will be directly outside the ward entrance. Please ensure that you contact the ward prior to coming to the hospital, this will ensure nursing and medical staff are expecting the arrival of your child and are available.

Visiting Information – Parents and guardians are welcome on the ward and can visit all day. 1 parent/guardian is welcome to stay with their child overnight, and a fold out guest bed will be provided. Sibling can visit for a short period if you wish.

Other visitors between 3pm and 7pm. Please inform the ward staff during your stay regarding additional visitors we ask that no more than 2 other visitors per patient at one time, other visitors are welcome to wait in the parents room. The team request that visitors are respectful of other inpatients.

By Car

From Douglas go to Quarterbridge and drive along Peel Road. At the Jubilee oak tree roundabout at Braddan Church take the turning to the right. Drive along the road for 250m to the first roundabout, go straight across this onto the second roundabout. Access will be on the right hand exit from the roundabout and up the drive. The second left will take you into the visitor’s car park. The first right will take you into overflow carpark. The third left leads to the entrance to the hospital.

Buses

To/from hospital main entrance and Lower Douglas: Services 5, 6, 11, 11A, 13, 13A

To/from Newlands shelter and Lower Douglas: Services 9A, 9B

To/from Hospital main entrance and Peel/Ramsey: Services 5, 6,

To/from Hospital main entrance and Onchan/Laxey: Services 13, 13A

Services 5 and 6 run daily including evenings. Services 9A, 9B, 11 and 11A run daytime Mondays to Saturdays. Services 13 and 13A run daytime Mondays to Fridays. Services 9A, 9B, 11, 11A, 23, 24, 25, 25A, 26 and 26A still cover the medical facilities at the Westmoreland Road, Douglas site at various times of the day. Full timetable details are available on the Public Transport website, see related links, including a summary of the journeys to and from the hospital.

Car parking

There is a designated visitors car park opposite the hospital main entrance. You will find parking spaces for disabled drivers at the front of the hospital.

We are a 17 bedded ward nursing children under a range of specialities. We are a designated shared care unit for children with cancer who are receiving care and treatment from Alder Hey Children’s Hospital (AHCH). This means that your child can have some of their care here with us on children’s ward and still remain closer to home. We link closely with AHCH, and follow the same guidelines for care, we update the team at Alder Hey regularly on your child’s condition, especially when they are admitted to the ward.

We allocate our children receiving shared care at Alder Hey for oncology reasons a single room on admission. The single rooms have a TV and en-suite toilet (some also have a shower).

On the unit we have a play area and a teenage room. Our Play Specialist works Monday – Friday and offers support to all our children. Older Children can also access the Bridge the Gap Pod and the hospital youth worker works Monday – Friday and offers support to all our older children

We have  parents kitchen facilities and shower room. Routinely meals are not provided for parent/carer however we have some items for you to help yourself to in the parents room. You can make hot drinks and take a little time out. For health and safety reasons, we ask that hot drinks are not brought onto the ward unless it is in a cup with a lid.

There is also a fridge and microwave available for use. If you are having difficulty to access food whilst you are with us please speak to your nurse.

The hospital has free public Wi-Fi which you are welcome to use (just click on Guest Nobles Patient and log in).

The hospital has both a cafe and shop the front atrium.

Just up the stairs in the fount atrium there are vending machines.

Cashpoint in the atrium.

Noble’s Hospital Chapel Services: The chapel is situated on the main hospital corridor. Turn left on entering the corridor and you will find the Chapel a few yards along on the left hand side. As part of our services, the Hospital is pleased to inform you that we can offer spiritual, emotional and religious care to all of our patients and their relatives. If you are a patient, member of staff, visitor, or someone close to you has been admitted to Noble’s Hospital, the Chaplaincy team are available to offer their support if required. The chapel is open around the clock for the use of staff, patients and visitors of all faiths. Please feel free to use it as a place of prayer, reflection or simply somewhere to be quiet.