The department is a busy general paediatric department. Acutely ill patients are referred either directly by their General Practitioners or by the Accident and Emergency Department. Referrals mostly go the six bedded Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) on B10. If they need a longer admission then they are transferred to either B11 Bays which has two six-bedded areas and two cubicles, or B11 Cubicles which has ten cubicles, one of which is a designated High Dependency Area. Both areas take medical and surgical (including subspecialties) patients up to 18 years of age. There were five thousand medical admissions/PAU attendances per year. Also, on B10 is a six bedded bay and a cubicle which are used for day case surgery (ENT, General surgery, Dental, Ophthalmic).