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10 The Link Magazine • November 2002

The Holistic Counting down to 5 November
Experience and 3 December
For calm inner
Two big dates loom large for health provision in Swindon. On 5 November the Swindon and Marlborough
peace Health Care Trust takes over the Great Western Hospital from builders Carillion, three years after construction
started in October 1999.
Massage Therapy
Departments will then start to move from PMH, the a rapid run down of PMH will take place so that all
(IIHHT Diploma)
Indian Head Massage bulk of the equipment will be installed and services will quickly operate from the new hospital.
(IIHHT Diploma) commissioned, staff trained and beds prepared. On The Link made a second visit in October to the
Reiki 3 December the first patients will arrive. For a short Great Western to update the photos which appeared
ti me some departments will operate on dual sites but in the March edition.
For appointments
telephone Left, waiting for the operating table. The hospital will have ten
theatres and 19 per cent more clinical space.
01793 700315
Member of the Institute of Holistic Therapies The restaurantservery will soon provide welcome refreshment
Membership no. 55062
to patients, staff and visitors.

Se"wcraft

Haberdashery
Also
Knitting yarns I_
Quilting material/accessories n . .. sum r oa
Beads and sequins
Craft products
Cross stitch & tapestry kits
available or to order
33 Havelock Street
Swindon Left, the main foyer reaching five floors from earth to sky will
lk Tel: 01793 536778 3 be used by most visitors. Note the huge stained glass
window by Amber Hiscott featured in the October Link.
Other entrances will give access to specialist departments.
Twenty four buses an hour will pull up to the front entrance,.
Closeby there are 1,100 car parking spaces, the same
number as PMH.
CLOTH CABIN
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Below, everything has been done to make children's visits
FAB THE
4 to hospital as easy as possible. Great thought has been pu
--- into fun decoration - look out for pirate ships, islands and
Always in stock: • „r seaside scenes. Note the unusual lighting effects installed
in the corridor ceilings, the dolphins on the floor and palm
l000s of m etres trees on the doors.
of curtain fabrics
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Curtain tapes, Linings
Blackout linings, Interlinings
Trimmings, Tie backs ^'r^. r
Butterick, McCalls
& Vogue patterns
Dress, Bridal, Bridesmaid fabrics
Cushions, Cushion covers
Lycra, Voiles
The latest designer poles
Possibly the largest and cheapest
range of fabrics in Wiltshire
attended by experienced staff
Selection of blinds
available to order
CLOTH CABIN
30 MORLEY STREET 0
SWINDON
Tel: 01793 422084 Got a question, a worry or a problem about the Great Western Hospital? Write ore-mail it to The
Link and we'll get an answer for you (address on page 4). The Trust are more than happy to
All major credit cards accepted'
clarify issues and clear up rumours for readers.