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If you think you need medical attention or advice but you're not sure where to go, NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, every day.

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About us

One of the largest NHS teaching hospital trusts in the UK, providing healthcare to people across the north east and beyond.

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Our hospitals

Our teaching hospitals provide research led acute, specialist and local community services to patients from Newcastle, the wider north east, the UK and internationally.

Our research

With a history of ground-breaking innovation in care, Newcastle Hospitals have a worldwide reputation for the quality and range of our clinical research

Our charity

Your support helps to make a positive difference to the health and wellbeing of our patients, people and wider communities

Our values and ambitions

We strive to achieve local excellence and global reach through compassionate and innovative healthcare. Our values guide everything we do as we grow to achieve our vision.

Manage your appointment with the NHS app

You can now view, accept, change or cancel outpatient appointments in the NHS App.

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Think Pharmacy first

Your pharmacist can now provide treatment or some prescription medicine, if needed, for seven common conditions, without you seeing a GP.

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Restricted access via road to RVI emergency department and Leazes Wing

There will be no access or parking - other then emergency vehicles and restricted drop off - from December 2024

Further information here

We welcome your feedback

We welcome your feedback and would encourage you to tell us about your experience and the quality of care you have received.

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Media coverage – adult cardiac surgery

You may have seen recent media coverage of some long standing cultural challenges and treatment outcomes for a small number of patients prior to 2022 in our adult cardiac surgery department at the Freeman Hospital

Please read more about our work to make meaningful improvements