I worked here as an assistant during the covid lockdowns. I definitely wouldn't recommend it as a place to work. They "accidentally" did things like sending my entire months pay to another member of staff after I left, which is particularly odd because I was the only male member of staff in that job role; go diversity right! They vastly altered the actual contract immediately after I started working there, it was supposed to be a full time salaried job with 28 days holiday and overtime. What they reworded that to was zero hours, zero overtime etc and they then had the front to suggest I was being unreasonable when I expected to actually be paid as per the original job listing on the NHS site. Some of the patients are kind of interesting to be around, but others require very, very high levels of observation, patience, caution etc which the Dr's and nurses can't be bothered doing themselves. Some of the wards are actually quite nice, the all girls and older guys wards aren't too bad; they are extremely boring though. The younger guys tend to end up just pacing round the ward for several hours a day out of boredom. It's that, or do some colouring in. The psychiatric intensive care wards and ones for people with learning, behavioural and substance use problems can be very "loud" would be one way to put it. The Dr's actually do very, very little in general, they just dispense half random combinations of various antidepressants, sedatives etc to see if any of them do much. I've watched them sat round in the back, on 150k, just messing round on their phones for hours, trying to hide behind notice boards like naughty school kids. I heard one of them telling a patient to just "not be down, down, be happy, happy!". Big brain stuff right there, I'm sure that'll help them out loads. I'd be happy on 150k occasionally speaking to a couple of patients too. If you have a long term care relative there, you may want to more actively involve yourself in their care plan. The review below mentioning someone's son being discharged with one days notice does not surprise me. My supervisor there was absolutely ridiculous, it was like being back at school being told off or as if they were stuck in the 70s figuring it was a pocket money job. There is precisely zero training for some of these roles despite them involving the maximum amount of contact time with the patients. They have numerous issues with ward safety because they do not watch the more agitated patients carefully enough. You literally have the writing on the wall from the CQC regarding their own inspection findings; plaques saying "safety needs improving", which they're not doing. I'd go onto the wards and they'd have one alarm and set of keys between three members of staff. Some of the staff cannot speak English well enough to do these jobs. They can't understand the sentence "Do you need the keys?" for instance, in a hospital characterised by it having lots of locked doors. One of the younger newer members of staff, with zero medical training, observed one patient routinely harassing others and was angrily describing it as being "not on". They're right, but the Dr's don't actually care or notice it because they just sit in the ward office or central offices, pretending to be busy. They also categorically do not disinfect the wards appropriately, e.g. they'll refuse to use chlorine based disinfect just because they don't want to, or they'll mix it up entirely incorrectly rendering it useless. Their "protocol" states the isolation rooms should be disinfected and steam cleaned between every use. It wasn't done _once_ the entire time I was there, during a pandemic. I'm aware of how regulatory inspections and disinfection processes work, and that they're not being done. It is ultimately the Dr's that are responsible, as directors of the hospital, to ensure these kinds of things are or aren't happening. The NHS get away with way, way too much in terms of benefit of the doubt. You could strip millions out of the service and actually improve it by getting them to do some actual work. Apr 9th, 2023
Ralph Ray
May 1st, 2023
Jimmy Edward
Signage is very poor upon entering the park. I was 10 minutes late for my appointment Jan 17th, 2023
neil campbell
Avoid! I went in as a voluntary patient ...got no treatment....just got worse and ended up on a section 3 Jun 11th, 2022
Sam Horn
Absolute love George, fantastic security man. Very helpful! Nov 30th, 2021
Hopewood Park Hospital is located at Waterworks Rd in Sunderland, England SR2 0NB. Hopewood Park Hospital can be contacted via phone at (191) 566-7001 for pricing, hours and directions.
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Q What is the phone number for Hopewood Park Hospital?
A The phone number for Hopewood Park Hospital is: (191) 566-7001.
Q Where is Hopewood Park Hospital located?
A Hopewood Park Hospital is located at Waterworks Rd, Sunderland, eng SR2 0NB
Q What is the internet address for Hopewood Park Hospital?
A The website (URL) for Hopewood Park Hospital is: http://www.ntw.nhs.uk/
Q What days are Hopewood Park Hospital open?
A Hopewood Park Hospital is open: Thursday: 8:00 AM - 8:00 AM Friday: 8:00 AM - 8:00 AM Saturday: Closed Sunday: Closed Monday: 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Q How is Hopewood Park Hospital rated?
A Hopewood Park Hospital has a 3.6 Star Rating from 22 reviewers.
Signage is very poor upon entering the park. I was 10 minutes late for my appointment
neil campbell on Google
Avoid! I went in as a voluntary patient ...got no treatment....just got worse and ended up on a section 3
Sam Horn on Google
Absolute love George, fantastic security man. Very helpful!
John on Google
I worked here as an assistant during the covid lockdowns. I definitely wouldn't recommend it as a place to work. They "accidentally" did things like sending my entire months pay to another member of staff after I left, which is particularly odd because I was the only male member of staff in that job role; go diversity right! They vastly altered the actual contract immediately after I started working there, it was supposed to be a full time salaried job with 28 days holiday and overtime. What they reworded that to was zero hours, zero overtime etc and they then had the front to suggest I was being unreasonable when I expected to actually be paid as per the original job listing on the NHS site. Some of the patients are kind of interesting to be around, but others require very, very high levels of observation, patience, caution etc which the Dr's and nurses can't be bothered doing themselves. Some of the wards are actually quite nice, the all girls and older guys wards aren't too bad; they are extremely boring though. The younger guys tend to end up just pacing round the ward for several hours a day out of boredom. It's that, or do some colouring in. The psychiatric intensive care wards and ones for people with learning, behavioural and substance use problems can be very "loud" would be one way to put it. The Dr's actually do very, very little in general, they just dispense half random combinations of various antidepressants, sedatives etc to see if any of them do much. I've watched them sat round in the back, on 150k, just messing round on their phones for hours, trying to hide behind notice boards like naughty school kids. I heard one of them telling a patient to just "not be down, down, be happy, happy!". Big brain stuff right there, I'm sure that'll help them out loads. I'd be happy on 150k occasionally speaking to a couple of patients too. If you have a long term care relative there, you may want to more actively involve yourself in their care plan. The review below mentioning someone's son being discharged with one days notice does not surprise me. My supervisor there was absolutely ridiculous, it was like being back at school being told off or as if they were stuck in the 70s figuring it was a pocket money job. There is precisely zero training for some of these roles despite them involving the maximum amount of contact time with the patients. They have numerous issues with ward safety because they do not watch the more agitated patients carefully enough. You literally have the writing on the wall from the CQC regarding their own inspection findings; plaques saying "safety needs improving", which they're not doing. I'd go onto the wards and they'd have one alarm and set of keys between three members of staff. Some of the staff cannot speak English well enough to do these jobs. They can't understand the sentence "Do you need the keys?" for instance, in a hospital characterised by it having lots of locked doors. One of the younger newer members of staff, with zero medical training, observed one patient routinely harassing others and was angrily describing it as being "not on". They're right, but the Dr's don't actually care or notice it because they just sit in the ward office or central offices, pretending to be busy. They also categorically do not disinfect the wards appropriately, e.g. they'll refuse to use chlorine based disinfect just because they don't want to, or they'll mix it up entirely incorrectly rendering it useless. Their "protocol" states the isolation rooms should be disinfected and steam cleaned between every use. It wasn't done _once_ the entire time I was there, during a pandemic. I'm aware of how regulatory inspections and disinfection processes work, and that they're not being done. It is ultimately the Dr's that are responsible, as directors of the hospital, to ensure these kinds of things are or aren't happening. The NHS get away with way, way too much in terms of benefit of the doubt. You could strip millions out of the service and actually improve it by getting them to do some actual work.