University Hospital of Hartlepool

University Hospital of Hartlepool
University Hospital of Hartlepool
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
	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.nth.nhs.uk
Lists	Hospitals in England

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.

History

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]

References

^ ^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.