South Tyneside District Hospital

South Tyneside District Hospital is a healthcare facility providing healthcare services for South Shields, Jarrow, Hebburn, Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn. It is managed by South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust.

South Tyneside District Hospital
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
The Ingham Wing, South Tyneside District Hospital
Shown in Tyne and Wear
Geography
Location	South Shields, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	54°58′16.2″N 1°25′39.6″W
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Type	District General
Services
Emergency department	Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds	394[1]
History
Opened	1880
Links
Website	www.stft.nhs.uk
Lists	Hospitals in England

History

The hospital has its origins in an infirmary which was built for the South Shields Poor Law Union and which opened in 1880.^[2] The infirmary became known as the Harton Institution and General Hospital by 1930 and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, became the South Shields General Hospital.^[3] After services were transferred from the Ingham Infirmary at Westoe,^[4] the new Ingham Wing was built and the enlarged facilities became known as South Tyneside District Hospital in April 1993.^[2]

The Trust won a contract from South Tyneside Council to develop an integrated care services hub, to be built as a standalone facility on the hospital site in August 2014.^[5]

Services

Four-hour target in the emergency department quarterly figures from NHS England Data from https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/

Sunderland and South Tyneside clinical commissioning groups decided in February 2018 to centralise hospital based stroke, maternity, gynaecology and paediatric services at Sunderland Royal Hospital, so the services at South Tyneside will be closed or downgraded. A 14 hour a day, nurse led paediatric minor injuries and illnesses service at South Tyneside will be established in their place.^[6]

See also

• List of NHS trusts

References

1. NHS Choices website, Retrieved Sept 2011
2. "South Tyneside District Hospital, South Shields". National Archives. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
3. "South Shields". Workhouses. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
4. "Memories of the old Ingham Infirmary". Shields Gazette. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
5. "Trust wins council social care contract". Health Service Journal. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
6. "Hospital services centralised in North East shake-up". Health Service Journal. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.