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Freeman Hospital

Region: North East
Trust: Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT
Unit: The Cardiothoracic Centre
Services provided: Adult Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery and Congenital Surgery

The Cardiothoracic Centrer, Freeman Hospital
High Heaton
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE7 7DN

About the unit

The Freeman Hospital’s Cardiothoracic Centre is one of the country’s major heart and lung surgical centres. It is the only cardiothoracic centre in the UK that provides adult and paediatric (congenital) heart and lung surgery, heart and lung transplantation and mechanical circulatory support all under one roof. 

Our highly specialist services, for example, transplant surgery, are offered to anyone in the UK with more complex heart or lung related conditions. The Cardiothoracic Unit at Freeman Hospital consists of five adult and paediatric theatres (including a robotic theatre), two intensive care units (adult and paediatric) and four adult and paediatric wards.

There is also a dedicated transplant ward within the Institute of Transplantation.

Services provided

Adult Cardiac Surgery Thoracic Surgery Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Rehabilitation and follow up

Patients are reviewed 6 weeks post operatively by their surgeon and thereafter by their referring cardiologist and GP. Advice is available 24 hours a day from the unit. There is a comprehensive rehabilitation programme organised locally for all patients once discharged home.

Access

Cars can drop off patients at the entrance to the Cardiothoracic Unit. There is an adjacent car park for patients and visitors. Local bus routes stop at the Hospital. The nearest Metro station is in Gosforth, approximately 15 minutes walk away.

Visiting hours

Ward visiting is 3pm to 8pm. There are no fixed visiting times in the intensive care unit.

Contact

Tel: 0191 233 6161

Trust Website: http://www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk/hospitals/freeman-hospital.aspx        

Adult Cardiac Surgery

Our cardiac surgical service (heart surgery) provides routine and emergency cardiac and aorto-vascular surgery.

We are experienced in end-stage heart and lung failure including transplantation. Therefore, we offer surgery to people with most complex cases who have been declined for surgery by other centres. 

We have seven consultant surgeons supported by cardiac anaesthetists, nursing staff, allied health professionals and clerical staff. In addition, our surgeons each have areas of cardiac surgical sub-speciality interest.

Our services

We perform a variety surgery as routine or as an emergency, including:

  • Coronary artery bypass surgery
  • Heart valve replacement and repair surgery
  • Surgery for aneurysms of the thoracic aorta
  • Surgery for abnormal heart rhythms
  • Removal of cardiac tumours

 

Consultants

Quality Assurance Survey

This hospital has been part of the Cardiac Centre Quality Assurance Survey, and its latest individual results are shown below. To view additional national data, see the Cardiac Unit and Outcome Data page in the Professionals section.

This unit has reviewed its outcomes for the last quarter.

Cardiac Audit Status regional and national

Each section has a maximum score of 5

This chart was produced on 31 March 2024.

Thoracic Surgery

Consultants

Outcomes Audits

This hospital has been a part of the following outcomes audits, please click on any outcomes audit to see their data:

National Lung Cancer Audit – 2017

Congenital Surgery

The Children’s Heart Unit at the Freeman Hospital provides care for children up to 18 years old who need medical or surgical help for conditions involving the heart, lungs and airways. It is one of two units in the UK to carry out heart and lung transplants on children. We are the only centre in the country to provide all cardiac care from conception, through birth, childhood and on to adulthood.

Most of our patients come from the North of England, but children are referred to us from all parts of the UK and Ireland for treatments such as:

  • Heart and lung transplants
  • Bridge to transplant and recovery programme
  • ECMO life support
  • Cardiac surgery
  • Critical care (PICU)
  • Anaesthesia
  • Cardiology
  • Heart rhythm treatment (for problems with the rhythm of the heart beat).
  • Respiratory disease

Our adult congenital heart service also provides services for adults who were born with a heart defect.

Consultants

Outcomes Audits

This hospital has been a part of the following outcomes audits, please click on any outcomes audit to see their data:

National Congenital Heart Disease Audit (NCHDA) – 2020 Summary Report (2018/2019 Data)

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