Ward 10 - Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Ward 10 in the Great North Children’s Hospital at the RVI is a children’s orthopaedic ward.

We provide care and treatment for young people before and after planned orthopaedic surgery.

We care for patients with a variety of complex needs. Patients are admitted for investigations, as well as for non-surgical treatment, for example traction, physiotherapy and hydrotherapy, and elective surgery.

Treatment can range from day-case and short-stay surgery, to more complex spinal and hip surgery for conditions such as scoliosis, Perthes’ disease, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and congenital dislocation of the hip.

Play facilities

Each Patient bed space provides a bed and space for a parent or carer to stay. There is a parent’s room for making food and drinks which also has a fridge, microwave and a room to shower.

We have a play room for children 0-11 years which provides all types of toys, board games, arts and crafts. It also has two Xbox game consoles, games, DVD players and DVDs which can also be moved to the bed side.

We also have the “CHILL PAD” for 11-18 years which includes a large flat screen TV which a DVD player and a selection of DVDs.

We provide hot and cold drinks, a private space for young people to just chill, before during and after procedures.

There are PS3 and PS4 consoles, hand held consoles and game and we have a large selection of board games and arts and crafts, books and magazines.