Due to building work, our urgent care services at the RVI are very busy.
Can we remind patients that our urgent treatment centres at Ponteland Road in Cowgate and Molineux Street in Byker are open 7 days a week. For health advice or if you aren’t sure whether an urgent treatment centre is right for you, please visit 111.nhs.uk
Work has begun on the next phase of improving our urgent and emergency care facilities at the RVI. This involves the construction of a permanent link corridor between the urgent treatment centre and the existing emergency department and paediatric emergency department.
It will also include building a new ambulance entrance and four additional assessment rooms. Work is expected to continue until late December 2026.
While our urgent and emergency care services continue to operate as normal, it is very busy and there will inevitably be some disruption and potentially longer waiting times.
Please consider using our other urgent treatment centres, visit your GP or visit nhs.111.uk for help and advice.
Our urgent treatment centres at Ponteland Road in Cowgate and Molineux Street in Byker continue to operate seven days a week as normal. For health advice or health advice, or if you aren’t sure whether an urgent treatment centre is right for you, please visit 111.nhs.uk
Emergency contraception and treatment for urine infections can now be provided by your local pharmacy
For patients being brought in by emergency ambulance we have worked with North East Ambulance Service to create a new ambulance entrance directly to the department. Road access has not changed.
