201 (Northern) Field Hospital is a specialist Army Reserve medical unit headquartered at Fenham Barracks in Newcastle upon Tyne. Serving as the primary military medical reserve for the North East of England, it recruits clinical professionals—such as surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, and radiographers—directly from local NHS trusts. Its operational role is to deploy and staff a Role 3 Field Hospital, providing the same standard of surgical and intensive care found in a UK hospital, but within a tented facility in a combat zone. The unit maintains a strong regional footprint with detachments in Newton Aycliffe and Stockton-on-Tees, allowing NHS staff from across the region to train as military officers and soldiers, preparing them to support Regular Army medical regiments on major overseas operations.
