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Our plans to greatly improve the treatment and care patients receive in our hospitals in North Tyneside and Northumberland have been approved by our board and the commissioners for health services in this area, NHS North of Tyne. The plans involve investing £200 million over the next 10 years, so that we can:

  • Build a new specialist emergency hospital close to the North Tyneside Northumberland border
  • Improve the facilities at Wansbeck and North Tyneside general hospitals
  • Rebuild our community hospitals in Berwick, Haltwhistle and Morpeth

The specialist emergency hospital will be dedicated to treating those patients who are seriously ill or injured, most will have arrived by ambulance or been asked to go there immediately by their GP.

The majority of patients who need emergency care will continue to receive treatment at their local general hospital - Hexham, North Tyneside or Wansbeck. These patients will experience a much improved service and will be likely to be seen more quickly.

“I've been working in emergency medicine for the past 11 years and we have taken massive strides forward. The care patients receive now is much better than what they would have received a few years back but I know it can be even better.

“As a consultant, I want to be able to take the best practice available world-wide and offer this to patients in Northumbria. To do this, I see a specialist emergency hospital as the only logical next step. It will allow us to take emergency medicine to the next level.”

Chris Biggin
Emergency Medicine Consultant

Engagement work starts about our Berwick hospital plans

We organised a series of roadshows to find out what people living in north Northumberland and Berwickshire need and want from a new hospital for Berwick.

We talked to residents about existing health services and how they could be developed and sought people’s thoughts about where a new hospital could best be located.
Thank you to the people who came along and talked to us, this will help us develop a hospital which meets your needs.

Feedback from the roadshows will be available over the coming months.
Click here for more information and a full list of roadshow venues