Hexham General Hospital is an acute general hospital in Hexham, Northumberland, England. It is managed by the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
| Hexham General Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Main Entrance to Hexham General Hospital | |
  Shown in Northumberland | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Hexham, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 54°58′09″N 2°05′40″W / 54.9692°N 2.0945°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | National Health Service |
| Type | District General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| History | |
| Opened | 1940 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe hospital has its origins in a facility built to treat wounded soldiers during the Second World War.[1] It opened in 1940 and joined the National Health Service in 1948.[2] At that time the hospital management took the opportunity to acquire the old workhouse buildings on an adjacent site to create administrative facilities for the hospital.[3]
A new hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative ('PFI') contract in 2001. It was designed by Jonathan Bailey Associates and built by Bovis Lend Lease[4] at a cost of £54 million.[5] It was officially opened by Tony Blair, Prime Minister, in January 2004.[6] In June 2014, the Trust announced that it had borrowed sufficient funds from Northumberland County Council at a low rate of interest to pay off the consortium who had developed the hospital and buy itself out of the PFI contract.[7][8][a]
Notes
edit- ^ West Park Hospital is another example of the Trust buying itself out of the PFI contract
References
edit- ^ "Tynedale remembers the fallen". Hexham Courant. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "Hexham General Hospital, Hexham". National Archives. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "Hexham". Workhouses. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "Hexham General Hospital". Healthcare Design Magazine. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "Private Finance Initiative and Private Finance 2 projects: 2015 summary data" (PDF). HM Treasury. p. 13. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "Hexham General Hospital". Art UK. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "North east trust becomes first to buy-out of PFI deal". National Health Executive. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "Hexham hospital deal praised by Labour leaders". Hexham Courant. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2018.