Newark Hospital

Newark Hospital

Newark Hospital is a much-loved and valued part of the local community, and our long-term vision is to maximise its potential. The Trust has invested a significant amount of money in recent years to improve services at the site and further improvements are planned. 

The hospital boasts a range of outpatient clinics, diagnostic tests, therapy services, surgical and medical day case procedures and operations, inpatient services and rehabilitation. This is all in addition to the Urgent Treatment Centre, which provides same-day care and treatment of minor injuries and illnesses, from 9am to 10pm, with the last patient admitted at 9.30pm. 

We know that many people in and around Newark want to get their treatment closer to home, but that they aren’t always fully aware of the wide range of services available at Newark Hospital. 

The easiest way to find out if your treatment is available at Newark Hospital is to speak to your GP or hospital team and ‘Ask for Newark’.

If you'd like to join our friendly, supportive team at Newark Hospital, check out our current job vacancies. We have both clinical and non-clinical roles at a variety of levels. Career progression opportunities are available. On our website, you can read about a nurse's 20 years of experience working at Newark Hospital.

More than £5m has been invested in the site since 2020 and a third, state-of-the-art operating theatre, known as the Newark Elective Hub opened on Monday 6 November. You can read the latest update on the news section of our website. 

In addition, work is underway on the creation of 80 extra car parking spaces, in partnership with Newark and Sherwood District Council, for our staff on land next to the hospital, to free up existing spaces for patients and visitors.

This multi-million-pound project provides a state-of-the-art theatre and recovery area, as well as improvements to two existing treatment rooms and the medical day case unit at Newark Hospital.

The addition of a third operating theatre at Newark Hospital means up to 2,600 extra operations and procedures will be able to take place each year. 

Operations in the new theatre will focus on delivering more ‘orthopaedic’ activity, mainly focusing on the more simple hips, knees, hand and wrist procedures – including total hip and knee replacements. Additional slots for general surgery, breast surgery, gynaecology and ophthalmology are also be available across the Newark theatre complex. 

The Newark Elective Hub is an important part of the Trust’s drive to increase elective activity and reduce waiting times for patients. 

The Newark site is separated from the Trust’s emergency pathway that is delivered at King’s Mill Hospital, which allows surgical teams at Newark Hospital to focus on planned procedures. This means the site is less affected by cancellations that can occur, for example, due to winter pressures, industrial action or patients who need emergency surgery. 

The project received £5.6million from NHS England’s Targeted Investment Fund (TIF). It has created around 30 new medical, nursing and clinical support roles. 

Patients living not just in Newark and Sherwood, but in surrounding areas including Mansfield, Ashfield, and parts of Lincolnshire, are being encouraged to take advantage of the extra appointments by asking their GP or hospital team if they can have their treatment at Newark Hospital. 

Read the full story here: New multimillion pound operating theatre opens at Newark Hospital - Sherwood Forest Hospitals (sfh-tr.nhs.uk)

Working in partnership with Newark and Sherwood District Council, 80 new parking spaces are being created on land next to the hospital.

The new car park is expected to be open in early 2024 and will be used as a staff car park, freeing up space in the main car park for patients and visitors. 

You can read the latest update here: https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/news/2023/october/work-underway-to-create-more-parking-spaces-at-newark-hospital/

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is rated good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and patients at Newark Hospital can expect to receive a high standard of care.  

Our services are delivered by dedicated nurses, doctors, allied health professionals, administrators and support staff who all play important roles. We are also blessed to have over 200 volunteers based at our Newark site who generously provide their time to help support patients, visitors and staff. 

For patients whose local hospital is Newark, receiving your treatment there is more convenient than travelling to King's Mill or further afield, and can save you time and money.

Waiting times for some procedures can be shorter at Newark Hospital than at King's Mill and elsewhere. If you're not local to Newark, you could receive the treatment you need more quickly by choosing Newark Hospital. 

The Newark site is separated from the Trust’s emergency pathway that is delivered at King’s Mill Hospital, which allows surgical teams at Newark Hospital to focus on planned procedures. This means the site is less affected by cancellations that can occur, for example, due to winter pressures, industrial action or patients who need emergency surgery. 

To receive your treatment at Newark Hospital you must be in overall good health. 

Don’t forget to ‘Ask for Newark’ at the point of referral. Speak to your GP or hospital team who can advise you.

Here is a summary of what is available at Newark Hospital.

Services: 

  • Outpatient clinics
  • Audiology services. Read about our audiology booth on the news section of our website. 
  • Diagnostic tests including x-rays, ultrasound, MRI and CT scans. We've expanded our echocardiogram service and are offering up to 50 extar appointments every week. 
  • Blood tests. We are now offering up to 275 more blood tests each week.
  • Children’s services
  • Women’s centre with community-based midwives
  • Therapy services
  • Sexual health clinics
  • Pre-operative assessment services. Appointments are available on alternate Saturdays. Read more on the news section of our website. 

 

Procedures: 

  • Hip, knee and shoulder replacements
  • Dermatology and plastics
  • General surgery
  • Breast
  • Ophthalmology
  • Pain
  • Urology
  • Minor gynaecological procedures
  • Orthopaedic surgery
  • Ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery

When being referred for treatment, an operation or a procedure, speak to your GP and 'Ask for Newark' to find out if you can have what you need at Newark Hospital. 

Your GP or hospital team will be able to advise you. 

We receive lots of amazing feedback from patients at Newark Hospital every week. 

The first five patients to benefit from the new operating theatre at Newark were very keen to share their own experiences of receiving treatment at Newark Hospital. 

You can read just some of their lovely comments in this article: Buzz of excitement as first patients benefit from Newark Hospital’s new theatre - Sherwood Forest Hospitals (sfh-tr.nhs.uk)

The Audiology department at Newark Hospital received praise from a patient who was fitted with Bluetooth hearing aids which she felt gave her a new ‘lease of life’. 

Newark MP Robert Jenrick visited the hospital and spoke to Mary who shared her positive experiences of having a knee replacement.