Who We Are

Leaders of the local NHS

NHS South of Tyne and Wear covers Gateshead Primary Care Trust (PCT), South Tyneside Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust (TPCT) and is the name given to the integrated management arrangements which exist across the three PCTs. This means that, whilst each PCT remains a statutory organisation in its own right, the day-to-day management of the three PCTs has been brought together under a single management team.

We serve a population of approximately 644,000 people and, as leaders of the local NHS, we are responsible for assessing their health needs and planning and buying the health services required to meet these needs. This means working closely with local hospitals, GP practices, pharmacies, dental practitioners and optometrists, as well as our social care partners to ensure the best possible range of services are available.

From 1 July 2011, South of Tyne and Wear Community Health Services transferred to South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust as part of the Government’s Transforming Community Services programme.