Hexham General Hospital - Northumbria NHS Trust
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<strong>Hexham</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
Your services
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Continuously improving<br />
Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Roland Pratt with Joan Batey in an outpatient clinic at <strong>Hexham</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
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The RCN’s national deputy president Cecilia Anim, left, talks to, left to right, Anne Bowman, ward<br />
manager and cardiology specialist nurse, Sue Johnson, RCN representative at the <strong>Trust</strong>, Helen Maughan,<br />
modern matron, and Trish Belton, outpatient manager.
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Services on offer<br />
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<strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
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Staff in the emergency care unit. Left to right, Louise Fitzgibbon, matron/nurse practitioner, and<br />
emergency care doctors Chris Townsend-Rose and Alex Duncan.<br />
One-stop specialist care<br />
Victoria Riddell, stroke specialist nurse, and Kelly Gribbon, lead radiographer,<br />
with <strong>Hexham</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>’s CT scanner.<br />
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Top choice for patients seeking joint replacements<br />
Double the<br />
reasons to<br />
celebrate<br />
for Isabell<br />
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Isabell Burn is back to walking her<br />
dogs after having both her knees<br />
replaced, seven weeks apart, at<br />
<strong>Hexham</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
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Branching into North Cumbria<br />
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<strong>Northumbria</strong> Healthcare <strong>NHS</strong> Foundation <strong>Trust</strong> is the preferred bidder to take over the management of the Cumberland Infirmary in<br />
Carlisle, above.<br />
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Whitehaven’s West Cumberland <strong>Hospital</strong> is set to be managed by <strong>Northumbria</strong> Healthcare <strong>NHS</strong> Foundation <strong>Trust</strong>.<br />
Jim Mackey, chief executive of <strong>Northumbria</strong> Healthcare<br />
<strong>NHS</strong> Foundation <strong>Trust</strong>.
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Plans are lodged for health<br />
and social care scheme<br />
Haltwhistle War Memorial <strong>Hospital</strong>, which is set to be replaced by a new, purpose-built facility.<br />
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Benefiting the people<br />
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<strong>Hexham</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>, where <strong>Northumbria</strong> Healthcare <strong>NHS</strong> Foundation <strong>Trust</strong> plans to<br />
improve services for the elderly as part of a £200m investment.<br />
Photo: D230868<br />
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Your local services at <strong>Hexham</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
Clinical decisions unit (patients awaiting diagnostics)<br />
Emergency care - 24 hours<br />
Fertility<br />
<strong>General</strong> surgery<br />
Gynaecology<br />
Maternity<br />
Medicine<br />
Orthopaedics including major joint replacement<br />
Pathology<br />
Pharmacy services<br />
Radiology – x-ray<br />
Outpatient services:<br />
Bariatric surgery<br />
Breast – digital imaging<br />
Breast services<br />
Cardiology and investigations<br />
Children’s<br />
Colposcopy<br />
Dermatology<br />
Diabetes<br />
Dietetics<br />
Ear, nose and throat<br />
Endocrinology<br />
Erectile dysfunction<br />
Fracture<br />
Gastro-enterology<br />
<strong>General</strong> surgery<br />
Genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinic<br />
Gynaecology<br />
Haematology<br />
Medicine<br />
Neurology<br />
Ophthalmology<br />
Oral surgery<br />
Orthotics<br />
Orthopaedics (hip/knee/feet/hands)<br />
Pain management<br />
Palliative care<br />
Parkinson’s<br />
Physiotherapy<br />
Podiatry<br />
Psychiatry<br />
Psychology – cardiac/gynaecology<br />
Rapid access chest pain clinic<br />
Rheumatology<br />
Sexual health<br />
Sleep apnoea<br />
Speech and language therapy<br />
Spinal<br />
Stroke review<br />
Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) clinic<br />
Trauma<br />
Urodynamics<br />
Urology<br />
Day treatment centre:<br />
Blood transfusions<br />
Dental/oral surgery<br />
Ear, nose and throat (paediatrics)<br />
Endoscopy<br />
Gynaecology<br />
Laparoscopic surgery<br />
Nurse-led oncology service<br />
Orthopaedics<br />
Pain management<br />
Surgery<br />
Urology<br />
New services at <strong>Hexham</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong><br />
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening<br />
Bowel cancer screening<br />
Plastic surgery
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