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Sam Volpe

Plans show what Newcastle's new children's heart unit will look like after move to RVI

The Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust has finally revealed plans for its state of the art new Children's Heart Centre, and it hopes work on the building will begin next year.

The new facility will see the world-renowned children's heart unit moved from its current location at the Freeman Hospital to the RVI. The children's heart unit being on the same site as the city's other paediatric services was one of the outcomes of an NHS review into the future of children's heart services which concluded in 2019.

The NHS Trust is now consulting on its initial plans for the site - with a view to submitting a planning application which would, should it be approved, see work begin in early 2023. Hospital bosses hope work would take around 22 months and as such be complete by late 2024.

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