Tyne and Wear Archives Service
Record types
- Administrative
- 1978 - 1978
- Ephemera
- 1978 - 1978
Finding aids
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- Catalogue
- Location
- At Repository (AR)
Hospital
Freeman Hospital
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Previous Names
- Walkergate Hospital
- Address
- Freeman Road, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE7 7DN
- Current Trust
- Newxastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust (since 1998)
- Foundation Year
- 1977
- Status
- Open
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- Not Applicable
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Not Applicable
- Regional Authority (1974-1982)
- Northern
- Regional Authority (Post-1982)
- Northern
- District Authority (1974-1982)
- Newcastle
- District Authority (Post-1982)
- Newcastle (Teaching)
- Pre-1974 County
- Not Applicable
- Post-1974 County
- Tyne and Wear
- Post-1996 County
- Tyne and Wear
Status
- Post-1948
- NHS
Type
- Post-1948
- Acute, Geriatric
Other information
Situated in Freeman Road, Newcastle, this hospital was built to ease pressure on or replace existing facilities at other hospitals in the region. It was opened in 1977. Departments were transferred from the following hospitals: Shortley Bridge General; Rye Hill Dialysis Unit (closed); Seaham Hall; Newcastle General; WJ Sanderson Orthopaedic; Walkergate; St Nicholas; West End Chest Clinic; and Royal Victoria Infirmary.