The Strategic Health Authority for the North East
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Who we are

We are the head office function of the NHS in the north east

With around 200 staff we are responsible for making sure that all NHS services in our region are meeting the highest possible standards. NHS North East is what we call the collective of 23 individual NHS organisations in the region.

Our region

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NHS North East covers an area from the Scottish border, down to North Yorkshire and across to the Cumbria border in the west. 

With a population of around 2.6 million, the region has eight hospital trusts, 12 primary care trusts, one ambulance trust and two specialist trusts providing mental health and learning disabilities services.

Read more about NHS North East's workforce.

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