The Newcastle public will be able to share there experiences of urgent care in the city at a series of public consultation events this June.
This comes as the city's NHS leaders look to plan how to deliver services in the coming years, and with the Westgate Road walk-in urgent treatment centre (UTC) having been closed since November last year. This is because, health bosses report, there are not enough GPs or nurse practitioners to keep it running.
The Westgate Road centre will be shut until at least September, but there are fears for its long-term future. Now, as NHS leaders look to plan what services could look like in coming years, six community events will take place to hear public views on urgent care - which is defined as "when you suddenly become unwell and need to see a health professional the same day, but it is not an emergency or immediately life threatening".
