University Hospital of North Durham

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University Hospital of North Durham is an acute care hospital built to replace the older Dryburn Hospital on the same site. It is part of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital was opened in 2001 and was funded using a Private Finance Initiative run by a consortium of Balfour Beatty and the Royal Bank of Scotland with an initial cost of £97million. Balfour Beatty subsequently sold their stake to Dalmore Capital in 2014.Services providedThe following services are provided at the University Hospital of North Durham: Accident and Emergency Cardiology Dermatology Diabetes & Endocrinology Elderly Care Gastroenterology Haematology Neurology Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Stroke Audiology Colorectal Surgery Day Surgery Ear, nose and throat Endoscopy Ophthalmology Orthopaedics Vascular Surgery Child and Adolescent Services Gynaecology Paediatrics Anaesthetics Critical Care Medical Photography & Illustration Medical Physics Pathology Pharmacy and Medicines Management Radiology The Main Hospital building contains the vast majority of the hospitals departments. It has a basement for pathology and pharmacy and three other floors, each consisting of a long main corridor with wards and departments on both sides. Most of the wards consist of four single beds in each room, as well as side rooms.