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CUMBRIA, NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NULL · Currently licensed

CUMBRIA, NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST holds a Home Office sponsor licence and appears on the register of licensed sponsors published 30 Oct 2026. It can sponsor overseas nationals for the Skilled Worker visa (including the Health and Care Worker visa), and its A rating means it can assign Certificates of Sponsorship normally.

First seen on register: 23 Jun 2021 (already licensed when daily CSV publication began; the licence may be older)
Last confirmed: 30 Oct 2026 (latest edition)

Visa routes this sponsor is licensed for

Route	Visa it allows the sponsor to support	Rating	Since
Skilled Worker Worker	Skilled Worker visa (including the Health and Care Worker visa) The main UK work visa. Lets the sponsor employ overseas nationals in eligible skilled jobs, from nurses and care workers to engineers, chefs and software developers, for up to 5 years at a time, with a route to settlement.	A rating	23 Jun 2021

Ratings: Full compliance. The sponsor can assign Certificates of Sponsorship and recruit from overseas normally. Downgraded after compliance concerns. The sponsor is on a time-limited action plan with the Home Office and cannot sponsor new workers until it is restored to an A rating. Failure to complete the plan leads to revocation. More.

Licence history

No changes recorded since 23 Jun 2021. The licence has been listed continuously with the same routes and rating.

Care Quality Commission registration

Registered provider: Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust name and town match
Type: NHS Healthcare Organisation
Head office: St Nicholas Hospital, Jubilee Road, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 3XT
Phone: 0191 246 6800
Website: ntw.nhs.uk
Registered locations: 12

Location	Address	Phone	CQC rating
Acklam Road Hospital NHS Healthcare Organisation	Acklam Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 4EE	01642 529600	Not yet rated
Brooke House NHS Healthcare Organisation	Hetton Road, Houghton Le Spring, DH5 8NB	0191 566 5783	Not yet rated
Carleton Clinic NHS Healthcare Organisation	Cumwhinton Drive, Carlisle, CA1 3SX	01228 602000	Not yet rated
Elm House NHS Healthcare Organisation	31 Hillfield Street, Bensham, Gateshead, NE8 1QE	0191 490 2500	Not yet rated
Ferndene NHS Healthcare Organisation	Moor Road, Prudhoe, NE42 5PB	0191 246 6800	Not yet rated
Hopewood Park NHS Healthcare Organisation	Waterworks Road, Ryhope, Sunderland, SR2 0NB	0191 246 6800	Not yet rated
Monkwearmouth Hospital NHS Healthcare Organisation	Newcastle Road, Sunderland, SR5 1NB	0191 246 6800	Not yet rated
Northgate Park NHS Healthcare Organisation	Northgate Hospital, Morpeth, NE61 3BP	0191 246 6800	Not yet rated
Rose Lodge NHS Healthcare Organisation	Hospital Drive, Hebburn, NE31 2TH	0191 496 3800	Not yet rated
St George's Park NHS Healthcare Organisation	Cottingwood, Morpeth, NE61 2NU	0191 246 6800	Not yet rated
St Nicholas Hospital NHS Healthcare Organisation	Jubilee Road, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 3XT	0844 811 5522	Not yet rated
Walkergate Park NHS Healthcare Organisation	Benfield Road, Walkergate, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 4PF	0191 246 6800	Outstanding

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Companies House

No company with this name was found at Companies House. The sponsor may be a sole trader, partnership, public body, charity registered elsewhere, or listed under a trading name.

Be told when this licence changes

Watch CUMBRIA, NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST and get an email the day it is removed from the register, re-listed, downgraded to a B rating or renamed. Free for up to 3 sponsors, emailed the day it happens.

Entries are matched by organisation name and town as the Home Office publishes them. A sponsor that changes town, or is published with a different spelling, appears as a separate entry; confirmed renames are linked above. The register carries no licence number or company number. Verify against the official register before relying on this for a decision.