University Hospital of Hartlepool

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
University Hospital of Hartlepool
Shown in County Durham
Geography
Location	Hartlepool, County Durham, England
Coordinates	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

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]

See also

• List of hospitals in England