Accessing Urgent Care Centres in Sunderland

If you have an urgent care need, please contact the free NHS 111 service first and you will be directed to the most appropriate service for your health condition. If needed, NHS 111 will make an appointment for you at one of the Urgent Care Centres below just as you would do to see your own GP.

• Urgent Treatment Centre in Sunderland

Sunderland’s Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC), is now located at Sunderland Royal Hospital, Kayll Rd, Sunderland SR4 7TP, next to the Adult Emergency Department. The UTC provides care for minor injuries and illnesses that require urgent treatment, but are not life-threatening. It is open from 8am to midnight, seven days a week, including bank holidays. Patients are advised to book an appointment via NHS 111 or through a GP referral, however patients can just 'walk in.' 

• Urgent Treatment Centre in South Tyneside

Patients are triaged on arrival 24-hours a day, with South Tyneside District Hospital’s Urgent Care Centre, in Harton Lane, South Shields, NE34 0PL, is open from 8am to 10pm each day.

• Emergency care

Please keep 999 and the Emergency Departments (A&E) for serious or life-threatening illness or injuries only. If your health need is not an emergency, you may be referred to a different service on arrival.