University Hospital of Hartlepool

Hospital in County Durham, England

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 / 54.7024; -1.2276
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

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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

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* List of hospitals in England

## References

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1. ^ a b "Hartlepool". Workhouses. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
2. ^ a b "Howbeck House: the Workhouse". Hartlepool Then and Now. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
3. ^ "Howbeck Hospital Bomb Damage". Hartlepool Then and Now. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
4. ^ "Duchess of Kent opens new Hartlepool General Hospital". Hatlepool Then and Now. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
5. ^ Thompson, Fiona (12 April 2017). "Hospital comedy ready to screen its funny episodes". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

## External links

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* Official site

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