Wansbeck General Hospital
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| Wansbeck General Hospital Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
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| Location | |
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| Place | Ashington Northumberland, England, (UK) |
| Organisation | |
| Care System | Public NHS |
| Hospital Type | District General |
| Affiliated University | Newcastle University |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 384 |
| History | |
| Founded | June 1993 |
| Links | |
| Website | Trust Homepage |
| See also | Hospitals in England |
Wansbeck General Hospital is one of the two "low energy" built hospitals in the United Kingdom. It is also the most northernly situated General hospital in England.
The main tertiary reference centres for this hospital are the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
[edit] Wards
- Acute medicine:
- Rapid Assessment Treatment Unit
- Medical Admissions Unit
- Acute Elderly Medicine
- Acute Stroke Unit
- Internal medicine:
- General Medical
- Respiratory
- Haematology
- Cardiology
- Gastro-intestinal
- Diabetes
- Surgery:
- General surgery
- Surgical Day Unit
- Orthopaedic
- Children's Orthopaedic
- Obstetrics and gynaecology:
- Delivery suite (consultant-led unit, as opposed to the midwifery-led unit at North Tyneside General Hospital)
- Post Natal & Antenatal
- Special Care baby Unit
- Pregnancy Assessment Unit
- Gynaecology
Paediatric services are based at North Tyneside General Hospital.
