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- Position as printed23 Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026: United Kingdom (opens the publisher’s list in a new tab) Statista scored hospitals within each country on hospital quality metrics (40 per cent), peer recommendations from an online survey of medical experts (30 per cent national, 5 per cent international), patient experience data (18.5 per cent) and its PROMs Implementation Survey (6.5 per cent), and lists specialised hospitals separately without a rank.
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About the hospital
Hexham General Hospital is run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and opened in July 2003, according to the trust. It has an urgent treatment centre open from 8am to 10pm and regular outpatient clinics. Wards include an oncology day unit, a surgical ward for general, orthopaedic and gynaecological surgery, a stroke rehabilitation and care of the elderly ward and a general medicine ward. The trust says the wards are largely single, en-suite rooms.
The hospital also has a midwifery-led maternity unit with a birthing pool, and two GP practices are based in the building. On 10 February 2026 the trust said it had completed the final phase of a multimillion-pound redevelopment programme carried out over four years, with new operating theatres that took their first patient on 2 February 2026. In July 2023 the trust referred to the programme as a GBP 15 million redevelopment.
Facts
- Opened
- 2003
- Postcode
- NE46 1QJ
- Redevelopment cost
- GBP 15 million (trust, July 2023)
- Redevelopment delivery
- Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management, with Identity Consult and IHP as principal contractor (trust, February 2026)
Questions readers ask
Who runs Hexham General Hospital?
Hexham General Hospital is run by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
When did Hexham General Hospital open?
The trust says Hexham General Hospital opened in July 2003.
Where is Hexham General Hospital?
Hexham General Hospital is in Hexham, postcode NE46 1QJ, off the A695 and a short walk from Hexham railway station, according to the trust.
Sources
Facts are taken from the pages listed below, and list positions from each publisher’s own list. Profile last checked 17 October 2026.
- Hexham General Hospital, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Past and present staff gather to celebrate 20th anniversary of Hexham General Hospital, Northumbria Healthcare (12 July 2023)
- Final phase of Hexham hospital redevelopment programme completed with opening of new theatres, Northumbria Healthcare (10 February 2026)
- Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026: United Kingdom
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