South Tyneside District Hospital is a healthcare facility providing healthcare services for

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, Boldon, Cleadon and Whitburn. It is managed by

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust The South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust is a National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been fun ...

History

The hospital has its origins in an infirmary which was built for the South Shields Poor Law Union and which opened in 1880. The infirmary became known as the Harton Institution and General Hospital by 1930 and, after joining the

National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

in 1948, became the South Shields General Hospital. After services were transferred from the Ingham Infirmary at

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, the new Ingham Wing was built and the enlarged facilities became known as South Tyneside District Hospital in April 1993. The Trust won a contract from

South Tyneside Council South Tyneside Council is the local authority of South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear () is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It was created in 1974, by the Loc ...

to develop an integrated care services hub, to be built as a standalone facility on the hospital site in August 2014.

Services

Sunderland and South Tyneside

clinical commissioning group Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) were NHS organisations set up by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to organise the delivery of NHS services in each of their local areas in England. On 1 July 2022 they were abolished and replaced by Integra ...

s decided in February 2018 to centralise hospital based stroke, maternity, gynaecology and paediatric services at

Sunderland Royal Hospital Sunderland Royal Hospital is an acute general hospital in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. It is managed by the South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the Sunderland Union Workhouse Infirmary which ...

, 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.

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History

Services

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