Bishop Auckland General Hospital

Infobox Hospital
Name = Bishop Auckland General Hospital
Org/Group = County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

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Location = Bishop Auckland
Region = County Durham
Country = United Kingdom
State = England
HealthCare = NHS
Speciality = Centre of excellence in low-risk hip and knee replacement operations
Beds = 286
Founded = 2002
Website = http://www.cddft.nhs.uk |

Bishop Aukland General Hospital is a small but very modern NHS district general. Much of its catchment area is rural. It was opened in 2002 and then had around 286 beds but its bed number varies all the time. There has been much controversy over the recent 'decline of services' in this hospital cite news
title =New hospital ward closure decision 'defies all logic'
publisher =The Northern Echo
date = 2007-01-09
url = http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/search/display.var.1109928.0.new_hospital_ward_closure_decision_defies_all_logic.php
accessdate = 2007-10-18] cite news
title =Question mark hangs over the future of hospital ward
publisher = The Northern Echo
date = 2005-07-27
url =http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2005/7/27/201983.html
accessdate = 2007-10-18 ] [http://www.healthdemocracy.org.uk/healthdemocracy.org.uk/TheNHS/NHSPerformance/WithdrawalOfLocalFacilities/sources.htm Withdrawal of Local Facilities/Sources] at www.healthdemocracy.org.uk. Retrieved on October 18, 2007.] . The hospital is part of the County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust.The issue which made much controversy was the loss of the special care baby unit(SCBU) [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article434863.ece Hospital admits stillbirth mistakes] at www.timesonline.co.uk (accessed October 18, 2007)] Special care babies are now cared for at Darlington Memorial Hospital. Ward 3 (Haematology) was also closed down, and surgical beds were greatly cut and now only relatively minor surgical procedures are carried out at this hospital, many of which are day cases.

The overall quality and use of services in the trust (County Durham and Darlington foundation trust) was rated as 'good' by the HealthCare Commission Ratings. The other two main sites in the trust are Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham.

ervices provided

Bishop Auckland General Hospital still provides an A&E department, performs elective surgery and day surgery, and has a range of acute medical specialities including diabetics, endocrinology, cardiology and respiratory medicine. It has a Critical Care unit containing ITU and CCU beds. It provides general rehabilitation care to inpatients. The hospital also has a stroke unit and a rehabilitation daycare centre and a chemotherapy day unit.

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