Emergency Departments provide care for seriously ill or injured patients.
Serious means an illness or injury which could be life threatening. This can include conditions such as heart attacks, strokes, fits, asthma attacks, head, neck and spinal injuries, major bone injuries, road traffic accidents. For children and the elderly this can also include breathing difficulties, or any situation where you are concerned about serious illness.
The Trust has Emergency Departments at two of our hospital sites - University Hospital of North Durham and Darlington Memorial Hospital.
Find out more about our clinical services.
These services are provided through at Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. Typically, Urgent Care Treatment Centres deal with conditions such as chest infections, urine infections, suspected eye infections, fevers, cuts, sprains and strains, hand, foot and wrist fractures, and allergic reactions.
When it's less urgent than 999 - call 111
'As I was very, very nervous, I must have been the worst patient ever and they were brilliant with me and I can't thank them enough - could you please pass on my sincere thanks.'
Patient, Hysteroscopy Unit, Chester-le-Street Community Hospital
