Other places · North East England
Freeman Hospital
In or near Benton.
Freeman Hospital in England North East, United Kingdom.
Trevor Littlewood — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Longbenton · 0.8 km
- Free entry
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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Official information
Freeman Hospital is a specialist referral center known for its high-quality medical services, including joint replacement, heart and chest surgery, and multi-organ transplantation. It also houses the Northern Centre for Cancer Care and offers advanced treatments for complex diseases. The hospital is recognized for its training facilities for clinicians across the UK and Europe.
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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
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…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.0020, -1.5940
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Parish
- Newcastle upon Tyne, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE7 7DN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North
- Phone
- 0191 233 6161
- Established
- 1977
- Nearest railway station
- Longbenton — 0.8 km
- Official site
- www.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5501016 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Freeman Hospital (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently 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.
- What is Freeman Hospital?
- Freeman Hospital in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Freeman Hospital?
- The nearest railway station is Longbenton, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can use postcode NE7 7DN.
- When was Freeman Hospital built?
- Built or established in 1977.
- How do I get to Freeman Hospital?
- The nearest railway station is Longbenton, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE7 7DN.