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Health Assessments (DAART)

The service is provided to adults (over 18s) living in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin or other areas served by Shropshire Community Health Trust, including some areas of mid-Wales.

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Diagnostics, Assessment and Access to Rehabilitation and Treatment (DAART) offers patients an assessment and diagnostic service including assessment by a GP with special interest in older people. The assesssment will be completed by a multidisciplinary team - this is a team made up of different healthcare professionals.

Our services

The Shropshire-wide DAART teams offer the following services:

  • Blood transfusions
  • SourceNormalIntravenous (IV) drug administration
  • Management of deep vein thrombosis
  • Multidisciplinary and medical assessment

The people we see

The service is provided to adults (over 18s) living in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin or other areas served by Shropshire Community Health Trust, including some areas of mid-Wales.

New patients

New patients are referred into the DAART service by other health or social care professionals, such as GPs or community nurses.

Existing patients

Once you have been referred into the DAART service, you will be provided with a care plan, which may include referral onto other services provided by the NHS.

Services we do not offer

The service does not provide long term, routine or planned care.

What to bring with you

Please bring any medications that you are taking to your DAART assessment as this will help the assessment team in developing your care plan.

Frequently asked questions

Will you deliver services to a patient over the long term?

As the DAART service is a service aimed at keeping poorly people out of hospital, by providing them with care and support quickly, the service does not provide long term, routine or planned care.

Where are we?

  • Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
    Mytton Oak Road
    Shrewsbury
    Shropshire
    SY3 8XQ

Patients can make their own way into the clinic or hospital transport can be arranged, if necessary.

Contact us

Contact us

Shrewsbury DAART service:
The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Mytton Oak Road
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY3 8QX
Tel: 01743 261095

Bridgnorth DAART service: CURRENTLY CLOSED
Bridgnorth Hospital
Northgate
Bridgnorth
WV16 4EU
Tel: 01746 711032

Oswestry DAART service:
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY10 7AG
Tel: 01691 404487

Who are we?

Diagnostics, Assessment and Access to Rehabilitation and Treatment (DAART) offers patients an assessment and diagnostic service including assessment by a GP with special interest in older people. The assesssment will be completed by a multidisciplinary team - this is a team made up of different healthcare professionals.

DAART will provide access to multidisciplinary assessment, diagnostic tests and clinical treatments with the aim of keeping a poorly patient out of hospital where appropriate, allowing care to be given closer to their home or in a community setting.

Next review due: 1 June 2024