Location

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Ward Name / Number

Ambulatory care unit

Direct dial telephone number

0191 607 2740

Location of ward

Ground floor 

Type of ward

Ambulatory care - this is urgent same-day medical care without patients having to stay overnight in hospital. Departments within this unit are surgery, medicine, emergency gynaecology and fracture clinic. This is not a ‘walk-in’ unit - patients are referred here by their GP or another medical professional, with the exception of emergency gynaecology where patients can self-refer. 

What patients may need to know about the daily routine on the ward

The unit is open 8am-10pm

Are the numbers restricted?

1 relative/friend per patient please 

Ward Manager’s name

Amanda Malby