Specialization Of South Tyneside District Hospital
Cardiology
Daibetes, Endocrinology
ENT
Gastro-enterology
General Medicine
General Surgeon
Gynaecology
Hematologist
Neurologist
Obestetrician/Gynecologist
Oncologist
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics
Paediatrics
Pain Management
Pathology Lab
Plastic Surgery
Podiatry
Urology
About South Tyneside District Hospital
** About **
Although a comparatively small provider of hospital services by today’s standards, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust nonetheless is consistently ranked as one of the best by the organisations which inspect and regulate us. The Healthcare Commission, the independent body which inspects us, gave us ratings of ‘Excellent’ for the quality of our services and ‘Excellent’ for the use of resources. In addition we underwent two additional Healthcare Commission inspections last year, one looking at some of the core standards set for us and testing whether our declared level of compliance was accurate and one looking specifically at the Hygiene Code. We achieved excellent results in both of these inspections and it is a great credit to our staff that when we receive external visits such as these, we always receive feedback about how knowledgeable and well practised all of our team are in the importance of maintaining national standards such as infection control. This latter issue is of high national importance to everyone who uses the health service and once again we continue to maintain some of the lowest infection rates in the country despite increasing service pressures.
** Our Mission **
To provide a comprehensive range of high quality health care services in our hospitals, clinics or at home to meet the needs of the local population and others who wish to make use of our services.
History Of South Tyneside District Hospital
We were established as an NHS Trust in 1993 to provide community and hospital services to the people of South Tyneside and surrounding areas. On 01/01/2005 South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust was authorised as one of the new NHS Foundation Trusts. We believe that the way a NHS Foundation Trust works will help us to improve the services we provide even further and to do so faster, and in keeping with what local people want. Our Services are provided mainly at South Tyneside District Hospital. (On 1st April 2002 many of our community services transferred to the newly established South Tyneside Primary Care Trust).
