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Care system
  
Public NHS

Affiliated university
  
Newcastle University

Founded
  
June 1993

Hospital type
  
District General

Phone
  
+44 344 811 8111

Number of beds
  
384

Wansbeck General Hospital

Location
  
Ashington, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Emergency department
  
No Accident & Emergency

Website
  
http://www.northumbria.nhs.uk Northumbria Healthcare

Address
  
Woodhorn Ln, Ashington NE63 9JJ, United Kingdom

Hours
  
Open today · 8AM–12AMSunday8AM–12AMMonday8AM–12AMTuesday8AM–12AMWednesday8AM–12AMThursday8AM–12AMFriday(Good Friday)8AM–12AMHours might differSaturday8AM–12AMSuggest an edit

Similar
  
North Tyneside General, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Cumberland Infirmary, James Cook University, West Cumberland Hospital

Wansbeck general hospital entry


Wansbeck General Hospital is a district general hospital based in Ashington, Northumberland. It is one of two "low energy" built hospitals in the United Kingdom, and is the most northerly General hospital in England. is part of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, the two other acute hospitals in the trust being in North Tyneside and Hexham. The hospital's Accident and Emergency Department is now a 24-hour walk-in centre, following the opening of the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington.

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Most general and acute services are provided within the trust; specialist referrals are mainly made to the Newcastle Hospitals (Royal Victoria Infirmary, Freeman Hospital and Newcastle General Hospital, as well as some to Gateshead and Middlesbrough.


Wards

  • Acute medicine:
  • 24-hour Walk-in Centre
  • Rapid Access Therapy Unit (RATU)
  • Medical Admissions Unit
  • General Medicine
  • Respiratory Medicine and Haematology (Ward 2)
  • Cardiology and Coronary Care Unit (Ward 3)
  • Elderly Medicine (Wards 8 and 22)
  • Stroke Unit (Ward 9)
  • Gastroenterology (Ward 5)
  • Respiratory, Diabetes and Endocrinology (Ward 17)
  • Surgery
  • General Surgery (Ward 4)
  • Orthopaedic Trauma (Ward 6)
  • Elective Orthopaedics (Ward 7)
  • Day Surgery Unit (Ward 15)
  • Female General Surgery (shared with O&G) (Ward 16)
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Delivery Suite (consultant-led unit)
  • Special Care baby Unit
  • Pregnancy Assessment Unit
  • Gynaecology (Ward 16)
  • Maternity (Ward 10)
  • Critical Care
  • Intensive Therapy Unit
  • High Dependency Unit
  • Paediatric services are based at North Tyneside General Hospital.

    References

    Wansbeck General Hospital Wikipedia