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The Gateshead Unit of the Regional Medical Physics Department is based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead. The hospital's main entrance is off Queen Elizabeth Avenue. Enter via the Main Entrance and follow the signs for Ultrasound. The Regional Medical Physics Department is in the Ultrasound Department.
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There is a charge for parking. Charges and availability may change at short notice. Please check on-site notice boards when you arrive.
Access from the north and south is via the A1(T) exiting onto the B1296 (Long Bank and then Old Durham Road). After two and a half miles turn right at the Ambulance Station onto Queen Elizabeth Avenue. The hospital's main entrance is on the right.
Disembark at Newcastle International Airport. Take the Metro light rail service to the Gateshead Interchange. There is a taxi rank outside the Interchange. Buses run from the Interchange passing near to the hospital. The hospital is two miles away.
Take the Intercity service to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. A frequent service on the Metro light railway runs to Gateshead Interchange. There is a taxi rank outside the Interchange. Buses run from the Interchange passing near to the hospital. The hospital is two miles away.
Disembark at Gateshead Interchange. There is a taxi rank outside the Interchange. Buses run from the Interchange passing near to the hospital. The hospital is two miles away.
Gateshead is well served by public transport. There are a number of local buses from the town centre's Interchange which stop near the hospital.
If you need an ambulance please ring your GP who will arrange this for you.
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Regional Medical Physics Department, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE, UK.
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