Care system Public NHS Founded June 2015 | Website Northumbria Healthcare Phone +44 344 811 8111 | |
Hospital type Specialist Accident & Emergency Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency Similar North Tyneside General, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Cramlingt, North East Veterinary Referrals, Forum Family Practice | ||
The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital is a hospital specialising in emergency care for sick and injured patients, opened in 2015 in Cramlington, Northumberland, England by the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
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The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital is the first NHS hospital purpose-designed to care for emergency cases. It brings together specialists across multiple emergency medicine disciplines, has 24-hour cover from emergency consultants and is fully staffed on a 7-day per week basis.
The hospital, which opened on 16 June 2015, cost £75M to build, with a further £5M spent on road improvements in the vicinity. An additional £15M was spent on state-of-the-art diagnostic tools including static and portable digital x-ray systems, two CT scanners and an MRI scanner. The hospital is arranged with specialist wards for surgery, trauma, cardiology, respiratory, stroke and gastrointestinal cases, and has an acute medical unit and a birthing centre.
The intention of Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust is to consolidate the practise of emergency medicine at a single centre of excellence to improve patient outcomes. The opening of the hospital has led to accident and emergency facilities being downgraded in other Northumbria NHS hospitals including the Wansbeck, Hexham, and North Tyneside. The trade-off between better facilities and consultant cover, versus longer drive-times to reach the hospital, has been the subject of some controversy and criticism.