The University Hospital of Hartlepool is a general hospital in Hartlepool, England. It provides healthcare to people living in southeast Durham. It is managed by the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
| University Hospital of Hartlepool | |
|---|---|
| North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust | |
.jpg) University Hospital of Hartlepool | |
  Shown in County Durham | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Hartlepool, County Durham, England |
| Coordinates | 54°42′09″N 1°13′39″W / 54.7024°N 1.2276°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | District general |
| Services | |
| Beds | 278 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1889 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History edit
The hospital has its origins in an infirmary which was built for the Hartlepool Union Workhouse and which opened at Holdforth Road in 1889.[1] The infirmary suffered fire damage during a bombardment on 16 December 1914 during the First World War.[2] It became known as the Howbeck Infirmary in 1925.[2]
It also suffered bomb damage on the night of 7/8 July 1942 during the Second World War.[3]
The Duchess of Kent opened the new Hartlepool General Hospital on the same site in 1972.[4] In 2001 it became known as the University Hospital of Hartlepool.[1]
In 2016 the hospital and grounds were used as the setting for the fictional Brimlington Hospital for BBC One comedy Hospital People.[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Hartlepool". Workhouses. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Howbeck House: the Workhouse". Hartlepool Then and Now. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ "Howbeck Hospital Bomb Damage". Hartlepool Then and Now. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ "Duchess of Kent opens new Hartlepool General Hospital". Hatlepool Then and Now. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ Thompson, Fiona (12 April 2017). "Hospital comedy ready to screen its funny episodes". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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