University Hospital of North Durham

ive never had a problem with this hospital (been there numerous times) everytime i have been the medical staff have been great, caring & friendly, clean hospital, food nice i have heard bad reports on uhnd but i for one can’t complain

The University Hospital, Darlington Memorial & Bishop Auckland General are grouped together in an NHS 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 2^nd visit he was a little more pleasant.