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Stoma Therapy

The Stoma Care Nursing Service at Darent Valley Hospital aim to meet the practical and psychological needs of all our stoma patients.

We aim to support in the following ways:

  • Giving you information before your surgery and prompting a speedy recovery
  • Teaching you the practical care of your stoma
  • Provision of stoma care products and prescription arrangements
  • Supporting you and your family in adjusting to life with a stoma
  • Community support within the first 2 weeks of discharge
  • Telephone hotline and clinics for ongoing support

Stoma care clinics

Following new stoma formation we will arrange to see you in our stoma care clinic within the first 6 weeks of discharge. The purpose of this appointment is to support your recovery, to address any queries or concerns and to check the stoma. After your initial appointment we will arrange to see you at regular intervals: 3 months, 6 months and 1 year.

  • We offer an annual review to any patient with a new or an established stoma.
  • Further clinic appointments can be arranged at any time if problems or needs arise.
  • We also offer telephone clinics for 6 month and 1 year reviews. This will consist of a 30 minute phone conversation with one of the Stoma Care Team.

You can telephone us directly for advice or if you are having any problems with your stoma or require help managing certain situations. We are not always available to answer the telephone, but the voice mail is checked at regular intervals, between 8-4pm Monday-Friday, so please leave a short message including your name and your contact telephone number and we will ring you back as soon as we can.

If you have a stoma care problem out of office hours and it is urgent, please contact your GP, NHS 111, Community Nursing Service or the ward you were discharged from. If the problem cannot be dealt with sufficiently over the telephone, we can arrange to see you in one of our nurse-led clinics.

Stoma Care Clinic, Cherry Ward, Darent Valley Hospital

Opening hours: Monday - Friday,  09:30 - 12:30 (30 min appointments)

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Other times can be negotiated. 

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Page last reviewed: 14 February 2020