Building A Caring Future

Through out November 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 seeked people’s thoughts about where a new hospital could best be located.

We have plans to replace the existing Berwick Infirmary with a new, purpose-built facility as part of our plans to invest £200million to greatly improve the treatment and care patients receive in our hospitals in North Tyneside and Northumberland.

We visited Bamburgh, Belford, Berwick town centre, Chatton, Chirnside, Coldingham, Coldstream, Cornhill, Duns, Eyemouth, Ford, Holy Island, Lowick, Milfield, Norham, Paxton, Seahouses and Wooler.

The concept of potentially rebuilding Berwick was supported in principle by the commissioners of health services for this area, NHS North of Tyne, at a meeting in August.

We are at an early stage with our plans for a new Berwick hospital however we wanted to do this work in advance of a business case being progressed in order to allow local views to truly shape the development.

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.