Peterlee Community Hospital

Peterlee Community Hospital is a health facility in O'Neill Drive, Peterlee, County Durham, England. It is managed by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.

Peterlee Community Hospital
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Shown in County Durham
Geography
Location	O'Neill Drive, Peterlee, County Durham, England
Coordinates	54.7542°N 1.3332°W / 54.7542; -1.3332
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Type	Community
History
Opened	Late 1990s

History

The facility was commissioned after pressure from local members of parliament to provide modern healthcare in this growing industrial area.^[1][2] After appropriate ground condition surveys, construction started and it opened as Peterlee Community Hospital in the late 1990s.^[3] The urgent care centre closed for overnight treatment in late 2019.^[4]