Great North Children's Hospital

Great North Childrens Hospital
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Geography
Location	Newcastle, NZ244651, England
Coordinates	54°58′52″N 1°37′12″W / 54.981°N 1.620°W / 54.981; -1.620Coordinates: 54°58′52″N 1°37′12″W / 54.981°N 1.620°W / 54.981; -1.620
Organisation
Care system	NHS England
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Newcastle University Medical School
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	246
Links
Website	http://www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk/index.aspx
Lists	Hospitals in England

The Great North Children's Hospital (GNCH) is a tertiary referral centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

The hospital is managed by the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is a teaching hospital for the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is one of only 14 such children's hospitals in the United Kingdom.

History

The Great North Childen's Hospital was opened in 2010, bringing together paediatric services from across Newcastle. The Hospital has strong links with University of Newcastle upon Tyne which had the first academic unit of child health in England.^[1]

Bubble Unit

The Great North Children's Hospital is one of two units in the UK which perform bone marrow transplants for children who were born with severe immune deficiencies. The Unit was established in 1987 and covers the north of the UK, Scotland, midlands, northern ireland and the republic of ireland as well as patients from other European and middle eastern countries.^[2] Approximately 40 transplants are carried out each year^[3]

The Great North Children's Hospital is one of 10 paediatric kidney transplant centres in the UK. It also provides the UK service for atypical HUS.^[4]

References

External links

• Great North Childrens Hospital