NHS hospital beds will return to Rothbury at the beginning of January after a years-long public campaign.
Early in 2022, the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust announced that a "first of its kind" partnership with care firm Rothbury Cottage Care would see flexible NHS bed space return to the village - along with new care home provision. Now, the trust has announced the revamped Rothbury Community Hospital will open on January 10, 2023.
The old inpatient ward at the hospital is now a residential care home with 12 en-suite bedrooms available. Those beds can be accessed by NHS patients too.
