Hospital type Teaching Lists Hospitals in England Number of beds 620 Architect Charles Holden | Emergency department Yes Phone +44 191 233 6161 Care system NHS England | |
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Location Newcastle, NZ244651, England Founded 1751 (as Newcastle Infirmary), 1906 as Royal Victoria Infirmary Website www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk/index.aspx Address Queen Victoria Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit Affiliated university Newcastle University Medical School Similar Newcastle General Hospital, River Tyne, James Cook University, Northampton General Hospital, Wansbeck General Hospital | ||
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The Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) is an 673-bed tertiary referral centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The hospital is part of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is a teaching hospital for the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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History
Founded as the Newcastle Infirmary in 1751, the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI), in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, was opened on 11 July 1906 by Edward VII on 10 acres (4 hectares) of Town Moor given by the Corporation and Freemen. The fully furnished and equipped hospital, containing twenty wards, a nurses' home, chapel and five operating theatres, cost over £300,000,000. The statue of Queen Victoria was the gift of Riley Lord, who was knighted for his efforts in getting the Infirmary built. Overcrowding was a problem, with waiting lists of over 5,000 in the 1930s and until joining the National Health Service, money had to be raised for extensions and new equipment - always difficult especially in the depression years. The Royal Victoria Infirmary has always had close links with the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University as a major teaching hospital. The RVI forms the hub of one of the four "clinical base units" for medical students at the university, where students spend the entire 3rd and 5th years of their medical degree.
The New Victoria Wing, including a state-of-the-art accident and emergency department, replacing that of the Newcastle General Hospital, opened in 2010.
Great North Children's Hospital
The RVI is the site of the Great North Children's Hospital.
The hospital is the only provider of Mohs micrographic surgery for skin cancer in the North East of England.