The Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle
Ward 4, the Teenage Cancer Trust unit at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle, is designed especially for 13-18 year olds. It has 10 inpatient beds, including four transitional beds. All bedrooms are equipped with comfy soft furnishings, TV and gaming. We also provide free Teenage Cancer Trust wifi.
On the unit, you’ll be looked after by a friendly, expert team including nurses and youth workers who specialise in supporting teenagers and young adults with cancer.
You’ll also meet plenty of other experts in different areas of cancer treatment, such as doctors, dietitians and physiotherapists. You might hear this being called the multidisciplinary team, or MDT for short.
If you’re an inpatient, this means you’ll stay on the unit overnight, sometimes for several nights at a time depending on your health and the type of treatment you’re having.
You might also visit as an outpatient, which means you’ll go in during the day for treatment and other appointments, but won’t stay in hospital overnight.
We first opened the Ward 4 unit in May 2010, and refurbished it in 2017 to make it more spacious, homely and welcoming.
Facilities at The Great North Children's Hospital, Ward 4
Everything on the unit is designed to help you feel more comfortable and in control, to connect with others your age going through cancer too, and to keep up with friends, studies and everything that’s important in your life as a teenager.
The unit’s social space is referred to as the ‘penthouse’ within the hospital as it’s on the top floor and has brilliant 360 degree views of the city!
Family and friends are welcome to visit, and there’s space for parents or carers to stay over. Facilities include:
- Three-bed bay, and four additional transitional beds
- Recreational room with kitchen/diner
- Study
- ‘Penthouse’ recreational area with kitchenette
- Sofas, TV, gaming, jukebox
- Family room, parents’ room with kitchen
2010
Opened
13-18
Year olds
3
en-suite bedrooms
See inside Ward 4
Play pool or watch TV in our penthouse social area.
Our penthouse social space also has a jukebox.
Comfy chairs in our family area.
