About The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, the Newcastle Hospitals is a multi-awarding winning provider of quality healthcare spanning secondary, tertiary (specialist) and community services for both children and adults.

One of the largest and most successful teaching hospitals in England, our 14,500 strong workforce delivers some of the highest numbers of nationally and internationally recognised specialist services in the UK.

We are extremely proud to be at the forefront of healthcare practice in many specialist areas with a pioneering tradition which runs through everything we do. We have a number of nationally recognised centres for healthcare excellence in clinical sites across the city and beyond, with key areas of expertise including the Great North Trauma and Emergency Centre; the Great North Children’s Hospital (home to one of only two ‘Bubble Units’ in the country for children with severe immune system problems); the Northern Centre for Cancer Care; the Institute of Transplantation; North East & North Cumbria Genomic Medicine Centre; the Regional Cardiothoracic Centre; and one of the largest Maternity and Special Care Baby Units in the country.