Phase Two (Pre-COVID)

Path to Excellence Phase Two is the final part of the clinical transformation of local hospital services and is just one small part of how we transform all care locally.

Our local hospital services in South Tyneside and Sunderland provide great care delivered by highly committed teams of NHS staff. Phase Two aims to build on these strengths and successes, but also make sure we plan and prepare for the tidal wave of pressures we know are facing the NHS.

Phase Two involves the following key areas of hospital-based care and thinking about potential solutions for the future:

• Emergency care and acute medicine – the care provided when patients arrive at the Emergency Department or need emergency admission to hospital
• Emergency surgery and planned operations– the care provided when patients are admitted to hospital as an emergency and require an immediate operation
• Planned care (including outpatients) – the care provided when patients are referred to hospital by their GP for a test, scan, treatment or operation.
• Clinical support services – helping patients get the timely and effective care they need. Including; hospital pharmacy services, radiology services and therapy services