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