Children's inpatients
Ifor ward
Ifor Ward is the 23 bed general paediatric ward at the Whittington. The beds are used for medical and surgical cases, although the majority are medical cases. The yearly average number of admissions is 3565.
Paediatric high dependency unit
The two bedded paediatric high dependency unit opened in June 2004 and is located within the general paediatric ward. The unit had 60 admissions between January 2004 and December 2004 The unit has been developed in accordance with the guidelines proposed in ‘High dependency care for children' a report of an expert advisory group for the Department of Health in 2001.