It is managed by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

The facility has its origins in the Chester-le-Street Union Workhouse which was designed by Matthew Thompson and opened in 1856.

[1] A new infirmary and isolation block were added to the south of the workhouse in 1898.

[2] A new hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2000: it was built by Robertson Group at a cost of £12 million and completed in 2003.

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