Bishop Auckland Hospital, Bishop Auckland - Pic of the hospital to go with story about 2 month closure of the maternity ward due to staff shortages....
WE have a new, very modern hospital in Bishop Auckland which cost millions of pounds to build, yet this week, after a serious road accident almost on the hospital’s doorstep, the patient had to be transported 12 miles to Darlington Memorial Hospital.
It does make you really wonder.
John Rusby, Bishop Auckland
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