Enhanced recovery

Before your surgery even takes place, we help to ensure you achieve a speedy recovery. We work with you to make sure you are well, offer you nutritional support, enriched dietary supplements and an exercise programme for you to follow, both before and after your surgery.

The Enhanced Recovery programme works to reduce bleeding during your operation and to reduce pain after your surgery. You are given safe, effective pain relief that has minimal side effects. This allows you to get mobile as soon as possible afterwards, so that you won’t need to stay in hospital as long.

Most people go home between 1-4 days after their surgery, although some people may take longer to recuperate.

Your treatment and how long you need to stay in hospital will be tailored to your needs by the doctors, nurses and therapy staff.

We are aware of a fire within the grounds of Malton Hospital.

All patients and colleagues have been safely evacuated, and there are no reports of any injuries.

We are working closely with North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and other partner agencies to monitor the situation.

If you have an appointment at Malton Hospital today, please do not attend. Our teams are reviewing all affected appointments, and we will contact you as soon as possible to rearrange or discuss the next steps. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Malton Urgent Treatment Centre is also currently closed. Please do not attend. If you require urgent medical advice, please use NHS 111 online or call 111. In a life-threatening emergency, always call 999.

We will provide further updates as soon as more information becomes available.