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**Royal Victoria Infirmary**
	Royal Victoria Infirmary
	; Royal Victoria Infirmary ; Royal Victoria Infirmary shown within Tyne and Wear
OS grid reference	NZ244651
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Royal Victoria Infirmary
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Geography
Location	Newcastle, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Newcastle University Medical School
Services
Emergency department	Yes Accident & Emergency
History
Founded	1751 (as Newcastle Infirmary), 1906 as Royal Victoria Infirmary
Links
Website	home page
Lists	Hospitals in the United Kingdom

Coordinates: 54°58′52″N 1°37′12″W / 54.981°N 1.620°W / 54.981; -1.620

Originally 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 (40,000 m²) 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. 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 University of Newcastle upon Tyne 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 Royal Victoria Infirmary is managed by the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust is currently^[when?] embarking on a major project, "Transforming the Newcastle Hospitals", which is the culmination of over 12 years of work by the Trust and was previously known as the "Newcastle Strategic Review". The Review period is now^[when?] over and construction works have started on both the Freeman and Royal Victoria Infirmary sites. ^[1]. The 'New Victoria Wing' of the RVI will also include a state-of-the-art Accident and Emergency Department, replacing that of the Newcastle General Hospital, and is due to open in 2010, with some clinical services beginning in mid-2009.