Sunderland Royal Hospital

Sunderland Royal Hospital is an acute general hospital in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. It is managed by the South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust.

Sunderland Royal Hospital
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Entrance to Sunderland Royal Hospital
Location in Tyne and Wear
Geography
LocationSunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
Coordinates54.9031°N 1.4097°W / 54.9031; -1.4097
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
History
Opened1855
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History

The hospital has its origins in the Sunderland Union Workhouse Infirmary which was completed on a site to the south of Hylton Road in 1855.[1] A new enlarged infirmary was built on the west of the workhouse in the early 20th century.[1] The combined workhouse and infirmary facility became the Highfield Institute and Municipal Hospital in 1930 and it joined the National Health Service as Sunderland General Hospital in 1948.[2] It was renamed Sunderland Royal Hospital in 1996.[1]

Services

Sunderland and South Tyneside clinical commissioning groups decided in February 2018 to centralise hospital based stroke, maternity, gynaecology and paediatric services at Sunderland Royal Hospital.[3]

References
  1. "Sunderland". Workhouses. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  2. "Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland". National Archives. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  3. "Hospital services centralised in North East shake-up". Health Service Journal. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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