THE hospital's 'Ambulatory Care Unit' could be rebranded due to a lack of understanding from patients and NHS staff about what it is.

The unit is used to care for patients who are able to walk, who do not need emergency or urgent care. The unit helps keep people out of A&E.

However, a survey carried out by Bolton Healthwatch revealed there is a lack of understanding about what the name means and why people are sent there.

One patient told Healthwatch: "I don't understand the name, Ambulatory to us means 'walking wounded'."

Another said: "We've just been trying to figure the name out; does it mean people coming in by ambulance?"

Jane Bradford, clinical director of governance and safety at Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group, said they were looking at changing the name to make it easier for patients to understand where they have been sent and why they are being treated there.