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The Royal Victoria Infirmary

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1 4LP

Remote consultations available
Charged onsite parking

Overview

CMA Compliance

Fully compliant Learn more

Requires Improvement

rating from the Care Quality Commission.

175	total admissions.

10	Gallbladder surgery - keyhole cholecystectomy admissions.

63615

NHS admissions.

PROMS

Collecting patient outcomes Learn more

Single rooms • Wi-fi • Onsite pharmacy • Onsite diagnostic tests • Onsite Intensive Care Unit • Parent/guardian beds available

Last updated:

03/07/2026

About

This information is provided by The Royal Victoria Infirmary.

The Royal Victoria Infirmary is in Newcastle upon Tyne, providing healthcare to communities in Newcastle and the North East for over 250 years. In 2019 the Quality Care Commission rated the Royal Victoria Infirmary outstanding for the second consecutive time. Please note that not all our services are provided privately.

Hospital website

PHIN is not responsible for the content of third-party sites.

How the PHIN website can help you

12 min read
27/03/2026

Patient feedback

Surveys from patients about the care they received from The Royal Victoria Infirmary.

Patient Satisfaction

…	Not enough data available to show patient satisfaction feedback.

Patient Experience

…	Not enough data available to show patient experience feedback.

About hospital patient feedback

4 min read
20/03/2025

PROMs participation

PROMs (Patient-Reported Outcome Measures) helps future patients understand how surgery affects daily life - like pain levels, mobility, or quality of life.

Participating in PROMs This hospital is collecting and reporting on PROMs feedback from patients.

Collecting for the following procedures:

Cataract surgery

About health improvement (including PROMs)

4 min read
09/01/2026

Regulator rating

All hospitals are inspected and rated by an independent regulator.

Overall Rating	Requires Improvement
Safety of services	Requires Improvement
Effectiveness of services	Requires Improvement
Responsiveness of services	Requires Improvement
Caring	Good
Well-led	Requires Improvement

Full report available on the Care Quality Commission website

About healthcare regulators and their ratings

2 min read
27/03/2025

Associated Registries

This hospital is listed on one or more clinical registries. Follow the link to explore more information about their practice.

National Joint Registry

What are healthcare registries?

6 min read
08/01/2025

Incident reporting

To ensure transparency, hospitals are required to provide PHIN with data about incidents in their care.

It is important to note that, unless otherwise stated, the measures in this section relate to the overall performance of the hospital and not specifically to any selected procedure.

Data received from the The Royal Victoria Infirmary is complete and up to date. This hospital has reported no incidents.

Understanding hospital profiles: Safety and risk measures

1 min read
16/02/2026

Your procedure

Information about The Royal Victoria Infirmary and your procedure.

10	private admissions for Gallbladder surgery - keyhole cholecystectomy. This hospital also had 205 NHS admissions for this procedure.
…	We are unable to calculate the percentage of patients treated as a day case.
…	We are unable to calculate the average nights stay.

Surgery: Gallbladder

15 min read
24/04/2026

Facilities

Services and resources available at this hospital.

Amenities

Wi-fi
Ensuite bathrooms
Visitor restaurant
Some single rooms
Charged onsite parking

Medical

Onsite surgical procedures
Onsite diagnostic tests
Outpatient treatment rooms
Satellite consulting clinics
Onsite pharmacy
Urgent care walk-in centre
End of life care

Parents and children

Parent/guardian beds available

Critical care arrangement

Onsite Intensive Care Unit
Onsite High Dependency Unit