Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of health services to more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside.

The Trust provides services from 11 sites including a general hospital and an elderly care unit. North Tyneside General Hospital is the largest of the Trusts sites. Emergency care is provided primarily through the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital – England’s first purpose built emergency care hospital.

Figures for this Trust

  • Number of Patient Safety Incidents & harm caused
    April 2020 to March 2021
    • Death
      27
    • Severe
      37
    • Moderate
      701
    • Low
      3,567
    • None
      10,270
    Total 14,602
  • Top 3 categories of Patient Safety Incident
    April 2020 to March 2021
    1. Treatment, procedure
    2. Patient accident
    3. Implementation of care and ongoing monitoring / review
  • Percentage of A&E attendances dealt with in 4 hours
    September 2024
    Percentage of A&E attendances dealt with in 4 hours
    89.0%
  • Percentage treated for cancer within 62 days of urgent GP referral
    August 2024
    Percentage treated for cancer within 62 days of urgent GP referral
    74.3%

  • Percentage of total
    beds occupied overnight
    April to June 2024
    Percentage of total beds occupied overnight
    85.5%
  • Summary Hospital-level
    Mortality Indicator
    June 2023 to May 2024
    Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator
    2
  • Number of cancelled
    critical operations
    February 2020
    Number of cancelled critical operations
    0
  • Number of cancelled
    elective operations
    April to June 2024
    Number of cancelled elective operations
    38

  • Percentage waiting 6+ weeks
    for diagnostic test
    August 2024
    Percentage waiting 6+ weeks for diagnostic test
    2.2%
  • Number of mixed sex
    accommodation breaches
    August 2024
    Number of mixed sex accommodation breaches
    0

  • Number of Never Events and number by category
    Number of Never Events and
    number by category
    1 April 2021 to 31 August 2021
    0
  • Wrong site surgery - 0
  • Retained foreign object post procedure - 0
  • Wrong implant/prosthesis - 0
  • Misplaced naso- or orogastric tubes - 0
  • Overdose of insulin due to abbreviations or incorrect device - 0
  • Administration of medication by the wrong route - 0
  • Overdose of methotrexate for non cancer treatment - 0
  • Failure to install functional collapsible shower or curtain rails - 0
  • Transfusion or transplantation of ABO incompatible blood components or organs - 0
  • Unintentional connection of a patient requiring O2 to an air flowmeter - 0
  • Misselection of high strength midazolam - 0
  • Misselection of a strong potassium solution - 0
  • Falls from poorly restricted windows - 0
  • Chest or neck entrapment in bed rails - 0
  • Scalding of patients - 0