Contact Us

Main hospital switchboards

You can contact us via our main hospital switchboards:

• Darlington Memorial Hospital: 01325 380100
• University Hospital of North Durham: 0191 333 2333

General enquiries

To help ensure enquiries are directed to the most appropriate teams, enabling faster responses and an improved overall patient experience, our general enquiries mailbox (cdda-tr.GeneralEnquiries@nhs.net) will close on Tuesday 31 March 2026. After this date, the mailbox will no longer be monitored and emails sent to this address may not receive a response. Please direct your enquiries to the appropriate contact listed below or contact the relevant department directly.

Clinical information

If your query relates to a clinical condition, clinical appointment or another request for medical information, please contact your General Practitioner (GP) in the first instance, or the department or team to which your enquiry relates. If necessary, please contact one of our main hospital switchboards and they will be able to transfer you to the correct department.

Accessing health records

To ask for access to health information held about you, please visit the Access to Health Records section or contact our Health Records Team: cdda-tr.accesstohealth@nhs.net

Media enquiries

We welcome interest from journalists in our hospitals, other facilities and services. Please visit our Media Centre for all media enquiries and requests for interviews, filming and photography. 

Freedom of information

We promote a culture of openness and accountability. To make a request for information, please visit our Freedom of Information section. 

Recruitment 

All of our current job vacancies are advertised on the NHS Jobs website. We use a standard online application form for all vacancies to ensure we assess all applications fairly.

Requests for references

All standard reference requests should be made directly to the previous or current line-manager. Requests for Bank references should be emailed to: cdda.tr.bank@nhs.net