NSA Hospital File

Royal Victoria Infirmary & Newcastle General Hospital

Address of Anaesthetic Departments:

Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Victoria Hospital, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, Tel 0191 232 5131, ext 24386 ( direct line 0191 282 4386, fax 0191 282 5401 )
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle NE4 6BE . Telephone 0191 256 3198, Fax 0191 256 3154, E-mail: Staff@nghgas.demon.co.uk

General information

Official website

The RVI  and Newcastle General Hospital are two of Newcastle's main hospitals, and are part of the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust, along with  the Freeman Hospital. The RVI  is in the centre of the city adjacent to the university , while the General is situated in Newcastle's west end.

The RVI has an NHS Department, which is administratively combined with that at the Newcastle General, and a University Department. The RVI is a major centre for Chronic Pain Management, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Plastic Surgery, Ophthalmic Surgery and General Surgery, as well as Oncology and Medicine. It is also closely linked with the Dental Hospital. Acute service development in the future is likely to see an expansion of services within the hospital, with Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics and Trauma moving from Newcastle General Hospital ( NGH ). However, we are still in a state of flux, with services being moved between sites, due to planned PFI building developments, including a new A+E Department, which is situated at the NGH at present. The NGH acts as the main trauma centre for the region, and also has specialist paediatric services including retrieval.

Anaesthesia is part of the Peri-Operative and Critical Care Directorate, the Director being Dr Hughes.


Departmental Education

The RVI and NGH have staff in all grades of training, gaining both general and specialised training. There are  teaching sessions on both sites, with the primary course and new starters course at the RVI and Thursdat afternoon registrar teaching at the NGH. There are joint departmental meetings, regular mortality and morbidity meetings and audit meetings. Trainees are encouraged to attend appropriate regional FRCA courses.The RVI also hosts the NSA Anaesthetic Forum, which allows trainees and consultants to present to their colleagues.

ICU Training is also provided at the RVI for regional trainees in ITU.


NHS Consultant Staff

Visiting Consultants

Other non training staff

Administrative Support staff

Anaesthetic Department RVI

Anaesthetic Department NGH

Intensive Care Support RVI

Pain Management Support

Pain Management Nursing Team

Last updated 06 January 2004