| Newcastle General Hospital | |
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Newcastle General Hospital
Newcastle General Hospital shown within Tyne and Wear |
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| OS grid reference | NZ227646 |
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| List of places: UK • England • Tyne and Wear | |
Newcastle General Hospital (NGH) was for many years the main hospital for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and is managed by Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It will cease its life as a district general hospital at some time in 2008-10.
The General Hospital was originally constructed as the infirmary for the Newcastle Union Workhouse[1] in Newcastle upon Tyne. Building began in 1868 and it opened in 1870.
In 1921 the administration of the Hospital was separated from the Workhouse and the name was changed to the Wingrove Hospital.
On the abolition of the workhouse system in 1930 the name was changed to Newcastle General Hospital. In 1948 it became part of the National Health Service.[2][3]
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is reorganising the way it provides acute and tertiary health care in the city [4] and most of the acute services at the Hospital are being moved to the Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Freeman Hospital in 2008-10. The remaining land is being made available for commercial development,[5] the building of a science park (as part of the Newcastle Science City initiative)[6][7] and the further development of Newcastle University’s "Campus for Ageing and Vitality".[8]