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]
university, hospital, hartlepool, general, hospital, hartlepool, england, provides, healthcare, people, living, southeast, durham, managed, north, tees, hartlepool, foundation, trust, north, tees, hartlepool, foundation, trustshown, county, durhamgeographyloca. 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 HartlepoolNorth Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation TrustUniversity Hospital of HartlepoolShown in County DurhamGeographyLocationHartlepool County Durham EnglandCoordinates54 42 09 N 1 13 39 W 54 7024 N 1 2276 W 54 7024 1 2276OrganisationCare systemNHSTypeDistrict generalServicesBeds278HistoryOpened1889LinksWebsitewww wbr nth wbr nhs wbr ukListsHospitals in England Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe 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 editList of hospitals in EnglandReferences 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 External links editOfficial site nbsp This article about a County Durham building or structure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This United Kingdom hospital article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title University Hospital of Hartlepool amp oldid 1172828075, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
