Stamford & Rutland Hospital

Our hospital at Stamford has 22 inpatient beds on the John van Geest ward for step down care. There are multiple services delivered at Stamford, including a range of outpatient clinics (for all clinical specialities), a minor injuries unit, diagnostic imaging suite, including MRI scanner, specialist lymphoedema and chemotherapy suites, a phlebotomy suite, therapy services and a day surgical unit delivering local anaesthetic treatments to day patients.  

We strive to deliver exceptional care and experience to our patients in our local community and beyond. All feedback is helpful and allows us to improve in areas we are lacking, and to congratulate our staff on a job well done.  

Please complete our Friends and Family Feedback Tests, which are specific to each department (boxes to deliver them are in the waiting areas or use the QR code posted on the box) or write a Message to Matron, who will be delighted to hear about your experience in our hospital.  

PLEASE NOTE: The hospital entrance opens at 0800hrs and closes at 1730hrs Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays) but different departments each have their own specific opening times. 

However, the Minor Injuries Unit opens at 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday. Closed Saturday and Sundays and Bank Holidays.

By Car

Stamford Hospital is situated in the town centre, which is easily accessible off the A1 and via all local routes. Follow signs to the hospital from the town centre.   

There are a limited number of car parking spaces available.

Car parking is currently free of charge. There is one car park, with limited spaces at the Ryhall Road entrance for patients and visitors. 

The Trust is committed to encouraging sustainable travel. If you are planning to visit us, please consider how you travel to our sites.

By Public Transport

There are a number of buses that travel to and from Stamford and Stamford Hospital through the surrounding towns and villages. Details of these routes can be found on the Lincolnshire County Council website under the Stamford area guide.

The Delaine buses 201 and 202 stop on Ryhall Road, outside of the Hospital.

The train station is an eight minute walk from the bus station (St. Peter's Hill). From here you will be able to get the Stamford Hopper, which stops outside Stamford Hospital. Details of these routes can be found on the Lincolnshire County Council website under the Stamford area guide.

The main hospital number is 01733 678000. You can find out about the services on offer at our Hospital below: 

There are multiple accessible and same sex toilet facilities, along with baby changing rooms throughout the site. If these areas are substandard please inform a member of staff immediately.  

The Friary Coffee Shop, run by our contract partners Mitie, is open 0900 – 1530 and serves a range of refreshments, hot and cold food, and there are also snacks and drinks machines available. There is plenty of seating, a children play area and ‘book corner’ where you can peruse and purchase books sold by our local fundraisers the Friends of Stamford Hospital. These can be purchased through reception.  

In our waiting rooms, you will find televisions and / or a radio to keep you entertained. These are also used to help maintain privacy and confidentiality during consultations as some of the clinical areas are very close to the waiting rooms. There is also and interactive play table for children. It resides in the paediatric waiting area but can be moved, and used by children waiting in other areas such as Minor Injuries.  

Please note the site is a non-smoking site and anyone smoking will be asked to move away from the premises.  

The hospital is undergoing some major transformation currently.  

Parts of the site that have been unused for a long time, are being sold off (as per the requirements stipulated by the government) and planning is underway to deliver more services on the current footprint and rebuild parts of the hospital, to enhance further, what Stamford can provide for the local and surrounding areas.  

This is an exciting project, bringing Stamford to the fore in supporting the acute sites, to deliver exceptional care to all.  

The nurses’ accommodation block has been demolished, along with the meeting hall and social club, and a new ‘Education Centre’ has been erected near to the main site entrance.  

This will support staff, management and the board to hold meetings and training on site, further developing the hospital’s ability to provide evidenced-based, clinical sound care to our patients and reduce the need for travel by holding virtual meetings on a larger scale.  

The staff at the hospital undertook a project in 2022 to transform the courtyard (next to outpatients and minor injuries) in to a beautiful and tranquil wellbeing garden for staff to use, and patients to look at.  

It was all done in their spare time, along with their families and local groups.  

It is a truly special place which will support our staff for years to come.