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Freeman Hospital
Freeman Hospital in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Freeman Hospital is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Freeman Hospital is an 800-bed tertiary referral centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The hospital is managed by the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is a teaching hospital for Newcastle University.
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Background
History
The Freeman Hospital, which was designed by Newcastle Regional Hospital Department and built by John Laing, was completed in 1977, when services from several hospitals across the city were relocated into one centre. The name of the hospital recalls the life of Patrick Freeman, a tenant farmer, who, with his son, tilled the land which is now occupied by the hospital in the first half of the 19th century. A major expansion of the site, including a new renal services centre and a new cancer treatment centre, known as the new Northern Centre for Cancer Care, was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2005. It was built by Laing O'Rourke at a cost of £150 million and opened in…
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- Coordinates
- 55.0020, -1.5940
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Parish
- Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE7 7DN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North
- Established
- 1977
- Official site
- www.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5501016 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Freeman Hospital (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Freeman Hospital?
- Freeman Hospital is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE7 7DN), in the parish of Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area.
- When was Freeman Hospital built?
- Built or established in 1977.
- How do I get to Freeman Hospital?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE7 7DN. It sits within the Newcastle upon Tyne North parliamentary constituency.