Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead

Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Geography
Location Gateshead, United Kingdom
Coordinates 54°56′20″N 1°34′50″W / 54.939°N 1.5806°W / 54.939; -1.5806Coordinates: 54°56′20″N 1°34′50″W / 54.939°N 1.5806°W / 54.939; -1.5806
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type General
Affiliated university Newcastle University Medical School
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
History
Founded 1948
Links
Website http://www.qegateshead.nhs.uk
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The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is based in Sheriff Hill in Gateshead, England and was officially opened on 18 March 1948. The fully furnished and equipped hospital, contains 26 wards and an Accident & Emergency.

They also have 3 other facilities which are part of Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust.

In 2012, work began on building a new Pathology 'Centre for Excellence" which will cover Gateshead, Sunderland & South Tyneside, the funding coming from a £12m grant from the government, which opened in early 2014.

In November 2012, work began on building a new £35m Emergency Care Centre, which is due to open in February 2015

Bensham Hospital

Bensham Hospital is based on Saltwell Road in Bensham, Gateshead and was opened in 1890 as High Teams Institution where it remained until 1941 after a survey in 1931 revealed that the accommodation was inadequate and a new hospital should be built nearby. In 1941 High Teams Institution was renamed Bensham General Hospital and fell under the control of the Gateshead & District Hospital Management Committee from July 1948.

Dunston Hill Hospital

Dunston Hill Hospital was originally established as a War Pensioner Hospital at Castle Leazes, Newcastle. Eventually in 1928 it was moved to Dunston Hill. It was controlled by the Ministry of Pensions until 1953 when it passed to the control of the Ministry of Health, but it was not absorbed into the National Health Service until 1 April 1956, when it became one of the group of hospitals administered by Gateshead and District Hospital Management Committee.

In May 2012, all inpatient services were relocated to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, however the Day Unit continues to provide a service from the Dunston Hill Hospital site.

Metro Riverside

Metro Riverside was opened in March 2009 and is an Outpatient Hospital based near the MetroCentre in Gateshead.

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