It is managed by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.

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.

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