Welcome
Welcome to The WOW! Awards homepage for County Durham and Darlington Foundation NHS Trust .
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT) provides healthcare across County Durham and Darlington from two acute sites, Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham, and a centre for planned care at Bishop Auckland Hospital as well as other community hospitals. Full information on the services they provide can be found at www.cddft.nhs.uk.
The WOW! Awards are developed by Derek Williams, who is one of Britain’s leading customer service gurus and public speakers. The purpose of The WOW Awards is to recognise companies that aim to deliver fantastic customer service and those who aim to go the extra mile for their customers. CDDFT invites patients and visitors to nominate individual staff or teams for this prestigious award.
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Company Profile
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is a successful teaching trust and is proud of it’s long record of success.
The Trust has around 4,700 staff and 1,200 beds. It provides secondary care district general hospital services to a population of around 500,000 in County Durham and Darlington, and into North Yorkshire, with sub-regional services reaching into the South of Tyne area, serving a population of 1.2m.
We provide services to the populations of the Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in County Durham and Darlington and also to other PCTs outside the patch.
Our vision is to deliver excellent healthcare in hospital, home and community, and we have two strategic priorities to help us achieve this:
- To sustain and develop our position as the premier provider of healthcare to the people and communities of County Durham & Darlington
- To become the best Foundation Trust in the NHS
We provide general hospital services from three main sites:
- Bishop Auckland General Hospital
- Darlington Memorial Hospital
- and University Hospital of North Durham.