Restarting Phase Two - March 2021

Path to Excellence Phase Two - Surgical Services

We are now restarting Phase Two of the Path to Excellence programme.  This will focus on surgical services (Trauma and Orthopaedics and General Surgery).  Our surgical teams have been discussing the best way to arrange future surgical services for a long time.  Our ‘working ideas’ outline a clear ambition to separate emergency operations from planned operations.  

In future, this would mean South Tyneside District Hospital would provide only planned operations, with all emergency operations and some planned procedures taking place at Sunderland Royal Hospital.  Both hospitals would continue to provide outpatient services as well as diagnostic tests and scans.  We are now busy fine tuning these ‘working ideas’ to make sure any additional learning from COVID-19 is factored into the plans before a formal public consultation is launched later this year.  

Virtual staff engagement sessions

In March 2021 we invited staff from Trauma and Orthopaedics and General Surgery to a dedicated virtual staff engagement session to update on the 'working ideas' and the re-start of Phase Two. You can view the virtual staff engagement sessions below: