This hospital is the local specialist centre for Spinal Injureis and as such is excellent…read more Patients on this unit tend to be long stay and the staff are the very best. They go out of their way to be helpful and make every procedure easy, explaining ewverything as they go. This is also the case for every other area of the hhospital, so if you hhave a choice then please consider here

A really pleasant open airy hospital with very pleasant public areas. The whole place felt clean…read moreand tidy. The foyer area offered a nice coffee shop and some other shops including a jewellers. Better than most of the hospitals I have visited

I was in this hospital for a left. hip replacement and the attention and service was excellent. No…read morecomplaints. Well done George Hopkins

This is a hosptial that is easy to find. There are five car parks and parking is free up to a…read morecertain time I think it is an hour you just put your token in when you leave. The hosptial has over 20 wards and an accident and emergency. Everthing is well signed posted and the hospital staff are great. There are several shops as well as a resteraunt There is a new stroke ward and they are updating the place all the time. As hosptials go it is quite clean and not to bad a place

I went to see a physio for pain in my side. After an MRI and long waits, I was told there was…read morenothing wrong with my back, that I should do more exercise, and that I should stop being careful with my back. I already exercise and have a perfect BMI. I followed his advice and tried to move more, but I ended up unable to move because of severe back pain. He had told me there was nothing on my MRI and nothing wrong. I requested my records and the MRI scan so I could see for myself, because it was hard to believe--and I have now lost my job after following his advice and being unable to get to work. It turns out the MRI scan has still not been provided, but the notes he wrote completely contradict what he told me. They mention bulging discs and arthritis in my spine. I phoned up and was told to talk to PALS. I tried, but the voicemail box is full so you can't leave a message. I've made 63 unanswered phone calls now and there seems to be no other way to do anything. It feels like a great way to avoid complaints--just don't answer the phone.

The University Hospital, Darlington Memorial & Bishop Auckland General are grouped together in an…read moreNHS trust sharing services. Parking here is limited but have found a space when I have been recently, costing £2.50 for 2hrs going up to £4 for 12hrs, special parking is available if you have to park for longer, check with reception. As with most hospital outpatient appointments hurry up & wait is the norm. One thing I did find useful in this tech age is you can get digital copies of x-rays taken at any of the 3 hospitals, which are put on a CD with a password encryption. These have to be ordered & collected later. The charge to access medial records is £10 payable on collection. I found this service very useful as I don't remember how the x-rays looked during the appointment but was nice to examine them in my own time at home later & show them to my GP, remembering that it is confidential information. I found the nursing staff to be helpful & pleasant but the orthopaedic consultant a little brash as the first time I saw him was 9am on a Sunday morning. The 2nd visit he was a little more pleasant.

If youre going to end up in a hospital for any reason at all. hope it turns out to be penrith…read more this small community hospital is NHS run, but this dosen't compormise the service you get from it. the staff are friendly and wecoming. and it lies right next to penrith ambulance depot, so if you need a transfer, you wont have a long wait.

Nice hospital, no problems encountered during a visit to cardio department.read more

Fantastic hospital offering you speedy consultations with very friendly,caring and efficient staff!…read moreFrom the moment you walk in you're greeted with smiling faces who are happy to help direct you where to go and they offer you a porter wheelchair service (if your mobility is limited) as the corridor seems to go on forever when you're on crutches trust me! Clinics and surgery dates are very flexible with appointments late evening or at weekends which is great if you're under any pressure to minimise disruption at work! In all departments they offer complimentary tea and coffee facilities...a nice touch but don't expect to be waiting long. I was a regular attender here at the end of last year and I can honestly say I had a great experience. I had an overnight stay post surgery in a very quiet ensuite room. I developed insomnia frustratingly but the staff kept popping their heads in to offer me pain meds and hot chocolate. Both as an inpatient and in outpatient clinics my surgeon,nurses and physios were all absolutely fantastic...cannot fault the service at all!

The frontage of this new(ish) hospital is fairly impressive and you can tell that it's a lovely,…read moreairy, and more importantly clean building. My appointment was with the haematology department which is downstairs in the main building. I found the signage to be adequate and was able to locate the department without getting lost. I had quite a journey to get to the hospital (2 hours) and arrived half an hour early. Despite this I was seen promptly and was back in my car before I should have even been there. The doctor I dealt with was friendly and explained everything to me and listened attentively to my concerns, which is more than could be said for my GP! I had to return the next day and again found the experience to be a stress free one. Parking is pay and display but it's fairly reasonably priced and there are plenty of parking spaces.

I gave birth to my daughter here a year ago and the staff were amazing. Mymidwife even stayed with…read moreme on her break which was lovely. The rooms were lovely and well equipped with a sofa bed for relatives aswell. The food was really nice and I was made to feel very comfortable. The rooms were really clean and it even had an en-suite which was great that I didn't have to share a bathroom. I felt like I was in safe hands which was reassuring.

Here at outpatients appointment. Quite a pleasant waiting area and coffee shop. They lose a star on…read morethe outdated information on the outpatient appointments card which is now simply incorrect. Everything else seems good and we're seeing an excellent consultant.

divnt gan to the q.e even if ya brake both legs!!! they will prob x-ray ya arms pua backward up…read morethere like full of... ( private joke ) inbread LOL