November & December 2024 – Before planning your visit, please check our ‘Visitor Notices’ for accessibility updates and one-off changes to opening times. Click here to view.
November & December 2024 – Before planning your visit, please check our ‘Visitor Notices’ for accessibility updates and one-off changes to opening times. Click here to view.
Join Great North Children’s Hospital staff to discover the incredible work of the NHS.
Bring your little ones to explore an ambulance, dress up as a doctor, and get hands-on with various medical equipment. You might even get to meet the hospital’s friendly mascot, Fudge the Giraffe!
This drop-in activity day is free to attend with no pre-booking required and is suitable for all ages – especially families.
Please note: Great North Children’s Hospital staff will stop for their lunch break at 12:30pm. Activities will resume at 1pm.
About the Great North Children’s Hospital:
The Great North Children’s Hospital is in Newcastle upon Tyne within the Royal Victoria Infirmary. It is one of only 14 major children’s centres in the UK.
With 245 beds, the Great North Children’s Hospital has the most extensive range of children’s services anywhere outside of London. It has special wards, operating theatres, outpatients and day case suites, all tailored just for children.