Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital is a hospital specialising in emergency care for sick and injured patients, opened in 2015 in Cramlington, Northumberland, England by the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
Shown in Northumberland
Geography
LocationCramlington, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates55°4′27″N 1°34′9″W
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
TypeSpecialist Accident & Emergency
Services
Emergency departmentYes Accident & Emergency
History
OpenedJune 2015
Links
WebsiteNorthumbria Healthcare
ListsHospitals in England

Hospital

The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital is the first NHS hospital purpose-designed to care for emergency cases. It brings together specialists across multiple emergency medicine disciplines, has 24-hour cover from emergency consultants and is fully staffed on a 7-day per week basis.[1][2][3]

The hospital, which opened on 16 June 2015, cost £75 million to build, with a further £5 million spent on road improvements in the vicinity. An additional £15 million was spent on state-of-the-art diagnostic tools including static and portable digital x-ray systems, two CT scanners and an MRI scanner. The hospital is arranged with specialist wards for surgery, trauma, cardiology, respiratory, stroke and gastrointestinal cases, and has an acute medical unit and a birthing centre.[1][2][3][4]

The intention of Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust is to consolidate the practise of emergency medicine at a single centre of excellence to improve patient outcomes. The opening of the hospital has led to accident and emergency facilities being downgraded in other Northumbria NHS hospitals including the Wansbeck, Hexham, and North Tyneside.[1][3] The trade-off between better facilities and consultant cover, versus longer drive-times to reach the hospital, has been the subject of some controversy and criticism.[5]

It was announced in November 2018 that a new building would be constructed off site by the McAvoy Group, linked to the hospital, to house a purpose-designed 2,000 square metre ambulatory care unit with the capacity to treat up to 150 patients a day without the need for hospital admission.[6]

References
  1. Thompson, Criag (22 May 2015). "Look at Cramlington's new £95million hospital for North Tyneside and Northumberland". Chronicle. Trinity Mirror North East Ltd. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. Sharma, Sonia (16 June 2015). "Cramlington hospital's first day hailed a success as patients start receiving emergency treatment". Chronicle Live. Trinity Mirror North East Ltd. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  3. "First NHS emergency care hospital opens in Cramlington". BBC News website. BBC. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  4. "Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital". Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  5. Halle, Martyn; Fifield, Nicola (22 November 2015). "Picture that shames Britain: Patients queue in corridor 'for hours' just to SIGN IN for A&E". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  6. "Offsite construction methods will be used to build new hospital wing". Building Better Healthcare. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
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