Opening hours
Monday to Friday 8am-5pm
Neurosciences
Ward 33 NGH
Contact: (0191) 256 3533 - Charge Nurse R Mills
Ward 33 is a pre-admission assessment ward seeing patients scheduled to come in for planned surgery. These assessments are carried out by specialist nurses to make sure that you are fit and well enough for your surgery.
Ward 33 is also known as a Day of Surgery Arrival ward which means that you will arrive here on the morning of your planned surgery where all admission checks will be carried out. You will be transferred to either Ward 31 or Ward 32 after your operation.
How to find us
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Ward 33 is based at Newcastle General Hospital.
Via the Neurosciences Entrance:
- Come through the Neurosciences entrance and go through the double doors directly ahead of you.
- Take either the lifts or stairs up to level 3 and turn to your left out of the lifts or right from the stairs.
Via the Main Entrance:
- Come through the Main Entrance and follow the main corridor until you see signs for the Neurosciences Department.
- Turn left and follow the corridor until you reach a set of double doors on your right hand side.
- Go through the doors and take either the lifts or stairs up to level 3 and turn to your left out of the lifts or right from the stairs.
Staff you are likely to meet
- Ward 33 is led by Charge Nurse Russell Mills and the clinical team is made up of consultant neurosurgeons, specialist nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and other support staff.
Things you need to know
- Patients admitted for elective surgery may have attended a pre-admission clinic and will have been advised of the likely length of hospital stay they can expect.
- Patients who require a longer period of rehabilitation or treatment and are from outside Newcastle will be referred back to their local hospital. We do understand this may be upsetting for some patients and their carers but it is vital we adhere to this policy to ensure we can continue to admit all emergency cases as quickly as possible.
