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The hospital has three main wings: the Leazes Wing, the Claremont Wing and the New Victoria Wing. The Great North Children's Hospital, one of only fourteen major children's medical centres in the UK, adjoins the New Victoria Wing. The infirmary is also the only provider of Mohs micrographic surgery
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in 1948, money had to be raised for extensions and new equipment – always difficult especially in the depression years. Later additions to the hospital included the Dental Hospital and School in 1978 and the Medical School in 1985. These additions were followed by Leazes Wing (facing
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in white stone, was the gift of Sir Riley Lord, who was knighted for his efforts in getting the infirmary built. The infirmary became a unit of the First Northern General Hospital and treated wounded service personnel during the
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on 11 July 1906. The fully furnished and equipped hospital, containing seventeen wards, a nurses' home, chapel and five operating theatres, cost over £300,000. A statue of
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A major expansion of the site, including the New Victoria Wing, which includes a state-of-the-art accident and emergency department replacing that of the
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The late 20th century also brought consolidation of medical services in the city including the transfer to the infirmary of children's services from the
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buildings, including the old Eastern Block, were demolished at this time to make way for the new structures.
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Overcrowding was a problem, with waiting lists of over 5,000 in the 1930s and, until it joined the
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at Forth Banks which was funded by way of public subscription. The foundation stone was laid by
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was designed by William Lister Newcomb and Percy Adams and built on 10 acres (4 hectares) of
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given by the Corporation and Freemen of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was opened by
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The main administrative building of the Royal Victoria Infirmary, known as Peacock Hall.
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The Great North Children's Hospital which adjoins the New Victoria Wing
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Print of the old Newcastle upon Tyne Infirmary at Forth Banks in 1786
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The Newcastle Dental Hospital which is on the same site
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Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Victoria Infirmary is located in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Royal Victoria Infirmary is located in Tyne and Wear
NZ244651
Coordinates
54°58′52″N 1°37′12″W / 54.981°N 1.620°W / 54.981; -1.620
Care system
NHS England
Type
Teaching
Affiliated university
Newcastle University Medical School
Northumbria University
Emergency department
Major Trauma Centre
www.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk/hospitals/royal-victoria-infirmary/
Hospitals in England
tertiary referral hospital
Newcastle upon Tyne
England
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
academic health science centre

Joseph Butler
Bishop of Durham
Town Moor
King Edward VII
Queen Victoria

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