Characters of Holby City Characters of Holby City "Holby City" is a British medical drama television series that premiered on 12 January 1999 on BBC One. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama "Casualty". It is set in the same hospital as "Casualty", Holby General, in the fictional city of Holby, and features occasional crossovers of characters and plots with both "Casualty" (in episodes broadcast as "Casualty@Holby City") and the show's 2007 police procedural spin-off "HolbyBlue". "Holby City" follows the professional and personal lives of surgeons, nurses, other medical and ancillary staff
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead the new buildings were officially opened by the Queen Mother on 18 March 1948. An out-patients department, an accident and emergency department, a new operating theatre and a medical records department were added in 1967. A new pathology "centre of excellence" for patients from Gateshead, Sunderland and South Tyneside, funded from a £12 million grant from the government, opened in early 2014. A new £32 million emergency care centre opened in February 2015. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is based in Sheriff Hill in Gateshead, England. It is managed by Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital