Path to Excellence

The Path to Excellence is a five-year transformation of healthcare provision across South Tyneside and Sunderland.

Thank you for taking the time to visit this website where we will keep the community up to date with healthcare reviews, patient engagement, consultations and any potential clinical service changes in the South Tyneside and Sunderland area as we work towards these goals.

We’ve launched our ‘Updated Draft Case for Change’ documents for Phase Two which aims to explain the issues and challenges that are currently facing our local NHS services.

• Read our Updated summary
• Read the Full Updated Draft Case for Change Document.
• Read the Autumn 2019 update

The Path to Excellence Phase Two – Easy Read version updated draft issues document

This document is an Easy Read version of the updated issues document. It talks about why we are doing this work and some of the challenges faced by these hospital services. It uses words and pictures to make the information easier to read and understand.

Easy Read version of Autumn 2019 update – What is going on with the Path to Excellence? What we are doing in the next bit 

Updated Easy Read version of Phase 2 issues document- March 2019

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