James Cook University Hospital
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| Geography | |
| Location | Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS England |
| Hospital type | Teaching/Major Trauma Centre |
| Affiliated university | Teesside, Durham & Newcastle |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 1,010 |
| History | |
| Founded | June 1980 |
| Links | |
| Website | southtees |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
The James Cook University Hospital is a 1,010 bed major tertiary referral hospital, district general hospital and major trauma centre in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, located on the A172 (Marton Road). It forms part of the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, along with the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton. It caters for most specialties and is one of the largest hospitals of its kind in the country.
The hospital was built on the parkland of the former St Luke's Hospital, Middlesbrough. Opened in 1980 as a tertiary care centre called South Cleveland Hospital, it later became an extensive hospital with A&E and grew even larger through the closure and relocation of Middlesbrough General Hospital and the North Riding Infirmary onto the current hospital site.
James Cook University Hospital specialises in the treatment of cancer, heart conditions and neurosurgery as well as housing the regional neonatal intensive care and spinal injury units. More recent developments include the introduction of advanced cardiac mapping technologies for complex radio frequency ablation, and the development of a highly successful Transcatheter Aortic Valve Intervention programme for patients deemed unfit for conventional cardiac surgery. Extensive new facilities were built by Mowlem under a Private Finance Initiative contract and opened in August 2003.
It is used to teach clinical medical students from Newcastle University Medical School as well as pre-clinical students based at Durham University's enrolled on collaborative course between Newcastle University Medical School and Durham University. The hospital also has strong teaching and research links with the School of Health at Teesside University.
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