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. 2020 Jan 7;37(4):180–186. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2019-208539

Table 1.

Service coverage across the three DGH ED sites

DGH Total population served People resident per square kilometre Population description
North Tyneside 235 000 2401 Uniform urban and suburban city population all within 15 kilometres of the ED.
Wansbeck 255 000 603 Majority in 5 towns between 1 and 80 kilometres from the ED, remainder rural.
Hexham 60 000 27 Majority within 10 kilometres of the ED in a single town, the rest widely dispersed.

DGH, district general hospital.