[1] The hospital is managed by Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust.

As Newcastle upon Tyne did not have a hospital of its own for mentally ill patients,[2] a new asylum was proposed in Coxlodge, where a 50-acre (20 ha) farmstead known as Dodd's Farm[3] was purchased.

[5] Some of the first patients were transferred from Bensham Asylum as Durham County Magistrates had refused to renew the contract of that facility.

[11] Work to build an extension, the Bamburgh Clinic, on the site of a former fish factory,[12] at a cost of £22 million started in November 2004 and was completed in April 2006.

The renovation of these Victorian hospital buildings was one of eight projects short-listed from 20 entries for the Best Design in the Community Benefit category of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors North-East Renaissance Awards.