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Freeman Hospital

Freeman Hospital in England North East, United Kingdom.

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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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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
Address
Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne
Established
1977

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Freeman Hospital?
Freeman Hospital is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0020°, -1.5940°.
When was Freeman Hospital built?
Freeman Hospital dates to 1977.