Putting patients at the heart of everything we do
Newcastle Critical Care
ABOUT US
Newcastle Adult Critical Care Services are provided at the
Freeman Hospital (FRH) and Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
within specialist areas known as the
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and High Dependency Unit (HDU).
We provide expert care for multiple patient conditions including:
major trauma, burns, neurosciences, transplantation, haematology,
gastrointestinal surgery, cardiac and thoracic surgery,
liver disease, obstetrics, major surgery and acute medicine.
We are a dynamic multi-disciplinary team working closely together to produce positive outcomes for our patients.
As a tertiary referral teaching hospital we have strong links to Newcastle Medical School and are actively involved in Academic Research within Critical Care.
WARD 18 RVI
Medical and Surgical Critical Care
Specialist Neurosciences and Major Trauma Critical Care
WARD 38 RVI
Medical and Surgical Critical Care
Specialist Burns, Upper GI surgery, Endocrine surgery, and Obstetric Critical Care
WARD 37 FRH
Medical and Surgical Critical Care
Specialist Hepatobiliary, Transplant, Vascular, Renal and Haematology/ Oncology Critical Care
WARD 21 FRH
Adult Cardiothoracic Critical Care
Specialist Lung and Heart Transplant, and ECMO Critical Care
Contact Ward 21
High Dependency Unit (HDU)
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
HOW TO FIND US
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Queen Victoria Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP
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