North Tyneside General Hospital is part of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital is situated on the A191 in North Shields and is the largest of the Trust's three general hospitals.
North Tyneside is a district general hospital with walk-in services for urgent care open from 8am until midnight, full range of diagnostic testing, outpatient clinics covering a range of specialties, as well as facilities for care of the elderly.
Video North Tyneside General Hospital
History
It was built between 1984 and 1996 with gradual extensions, and replaced several other hospitals including the Tynemouth Infirmary and Preston Hospital. It is often referred to locally as the Rake Lane Hospital.
It serves a population of about 250,000 in North Tyneside and Northumberland.
The hospital's Accident and Emergency Department is now an Urgent Care Centre, following the opening of the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in 2015.
Maps North Tyneside General Hospital
Current services
Services on this site include:
- Walk-in services for urgent care. Opens 8am until midnight
- General Medicine
- General Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Care of the Elderly
- Psychiatry
- Gynaecology
- Oncology
Patients requiring maxillofacial, burn and plastic specialist surgery are generally referred to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne. Patients requiring neuro-surgical care are usually referred to Newcastle General Hospital. Patients requiring Urology and Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialities are generally referred to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
See also
- List of hospitals in England
Notes
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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