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Rotherham General Hospital

Rotherham General Hospital is an acute general hospital in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is managed by the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in a sanatorium created at Oakwood Hall for soldiers gassed in the trenches. A modern hospital was built on the Oakwood Hall estate between 1972 and 1978. The special care baby unit, which had been located at Doncaster Gate Hospital, was transferred to Rotherham General Hospital in 1984. The hospital was featured in Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS? an Open University BBC series shown on BBC2 in January 2007. An updated urgent and emergency care centre was opened in 2017. See also List of hospitals in England References External links Official website
Eastbourne District General Hospital

Eastbourne District General Hospital is a National Health Service hospital in Eastbourne in East Sussex, England. It is managed by the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. History The hospital, which was built in the mid-1970s by local building contractor Walter Llewellyn & Sons Ltd, was officially opened by Princess Alexandra in 1977. It was expanded in 1989 under a scheme which allowed the old Victorian St Mary's Hospital to close and be demolished in 1990. In 2015 the hospital confirmed that it had sent off a sample, taken from a patient with a history of travel in West Africa, for precautionary ebola testing at Public Health England. A new day surgery unit called the Sussex Surgical Centre opened at the hospital in September 2025, containing four operating theatres. See also Healthcare in Sussex List of hospitals in England References External links Official website Eastbourne District General Hospital on the NHS website Inspection reports from the Care Quality Commission
Hereford County Hospital

Hereford County Hospital is an acute general hospital on Stonebow Road in Hereford. It is managed by Wye Valley NHS Trust. History The foundation stone for Hereford County Hospital was laid in 1937 by Queen Mary. It was built adjacent to the site of the Public Assistance Institute. By 1946 the County Hospital provided 142 beds of which 25 were maternity beds. A new hospital was procured in 1999 under a Private Finance Initiative contract to replace the old Hereford County Hospital, the Hereford General Hospital and the Victoria Eye Hospital. The new hospital, which was designed by WS Atkins and built by Alfred McAlpine at a cost of £62 million, opened in 2002. At the time concerns were expressed that the new hospital was too small to replace the facilities which were being lost. Consequently an additional ward, the Gilwern Assessment Unit, opened on the site in December 2015 providing an acute geriatric assessment unit. This was followed by a 24 bed medical assessment unit in November 2018. In 2020 construction began on a new three storey block to replace the ageing Nightingale style Canadian Huts built in the aftermath of the Second World War. The new facility will provide 72 new inpatient beds and allow the hutted wards to be demolished. Concurrent works to expand the intensive care bed base from six to eight beds were also commenced. In all the new works will expand the bed base to approximately 272 by 2021. Facilities The hospital has 236 beds. The site also houses the Stonebow Mental Health hospital which includes a psychiatric ward named after Jenny Lind, a Swedish opera singer. Facilities management services are provided by Sodexo. Kier Group has a contract for a £40m programme of reconfiguration works at the hospital. References
Chesterfield Royal Hospital

Chesterfield Royal Hospital is an acute general hospital in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. It is managed by the Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in a dispensary established in a small house in St. Mary's Gate in 1854. The foundation stone for a new purpose-built facility was laid by the Marquis of Hartington on the site of Durrant Hall in 1859. The new hospital was officially opened in 1860: this facility became the Chesterfield Royal Hospital in 1918 and a nurses' home was added in 1919 before it joined the National Health Service in 1948. A new modern hospital at Calow opened to patients on 29 April 1984. It was officially opened by the Queen in 1985 and was extended to include a maternity and gynaecology unit in 1989. The National Gardens Scheme Macmillan Unit opened in November 2018. The two-storey building has 21 chemotherapy treatment chairs, two treatment beds, and three treatment rooms. It was built by Vinci Construction. Notable births People born at the hospital include Thomas Raymond Latimer, a professional wrestler currently based in the United States where he performs under the ring name Bram. References External links Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Heartlands Hospital

Heartlands Hospital, formerly East Birmingham District Hospital, is an acute general hospital in Bordesley Green, Birmingham, England. It is managed by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in an infectious diseases hospital known as City Hospital, Little Bromwich which was completed in June 1895. Intended for activation only at times of medical emergency, it was tasked with responding to a typhoid fever outbreak in 1901. Three additional pavilions and a nurses' home were added in 1904. It treated patients with scarlet fever, measles, diphtheria and tuberculosis during the First World War. After joining the National Health Service as Little Bromwich Hospital in 1948, it became a general hospital in 1953. It was renamed East Birmingham Hospital in 1963 and saw considerable expansion in the 1970s. The world's last smallpox patient, Janet Parker, was treated at the hospital during the smallpox outbreak in 1978. It became Heartlands Hospital in 1993. Development The hospital's outpatient facilities were greatly expanded through the opening of the Heartlands Treatment Centre, an 18,000 sq metre four-storey building containing 120 consultation rooms, 26 specialist audiology and ear nose and throat rooms, ultrasound and X-ray rooms, and CT scan and MRI scanning facilities. The facility was handed over to the NHS trust in November 2022, and opened to patients in January 2023. Integration In 2024 it began to develop integrated neighbourhood teams, which cover a population of between 30,000 and 50,000. They are focused on the patients who make the greatest demands on both the NHS and social care. The 250 people who account for most visits to the Heartlands’ accident and emergency department are tracked in real time and when they appear at the hospital the neighbourhood team will work out if their needs can be met elsewhere. This has reduced the number of contacts with GPs by about 30% and the number of “occupied bed days” at the hospital by 14%. References External links Official website
Birmingham Dental Hospital

Birmingham Dental Hospital is a dental facility in Mill Pool Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The hospital is managed by the Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. History The facility was originally established at Odd Fellows Hall on Temple Street, by Samuel Adams Parker, as the Birmingham Dental Dispensary in January 1858. It moved to 2 Upper Priory in 1863 and to 9 Broad Street in 1871 and, after being formally constituted as the Birmingham Dental Hospital in 1880, it relocated to 71 Newhall Street in 1882. It moved again, this time to 132 Great Charles Street in 1905 and then re-located to purpose-built facilities, designed by S. N. Cooke & Partners, in St Mary's Row (later known as St Chad's Queensway) in 1966. After the old St Mary's Row facility became decrepit, planning consent for a new facility to be located on the site of the former Pebble Mill Studios was obtained in November 2012. The new facility was procured under a private finance initiative contract in 2013 and was designed by One Create Environments. It was built by Galliford Try at a cost of £34 million and was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in November 2015. Patients were first admitted in March 2016. References
Colchester Hospital

Colchester Hospital is a district general hospital located in Colchester, Essex. It is managed by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital, then named Colchester District General Hospital, was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 May 1985. At the time, it had nine wards and 283 beds, built in groups around landscaped courtyards. The hospital has been expanded a number of times since its opening, and several new buildings have been added. This includes the Gainsborough wing, which opened in 2000. In 2014, the trust announced that the nearby Essex County Hospital was due to close, and that some services currently provided there would transfer to Colchester General Hospital, including breast services and nuclear medicine. In preparation for this, construction began on a new diagnostic imaging centre, which opened in 2018, in time for the transfer of services. It houses three MRI scanners, one of which is wide bore, as well a PET-CT scanner, which will also be used by patients from the Ipswich and Chelmsford areas. In 2014, the hospital was referred to as the "the worst in England" by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. In 2019, plans were approved to rebuild and extend the main entrance of the hospital. The Accident & Emergency department will also be expanded, and the narrow bridge across the lake in front of the hospital will also be replaced with a wider structure. On the weekend of 2–3 January 2021 hospital security removed people who were taking pictures of hospital corridors and posting them to social media. East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Nick Hulme said that it "beggars belief" that some people were calling the pandemic a hoax. He said that hospital security had to "remove people who were taking photographs of empty corridors and then posting them on social media, saying the hospital is not in crisis". Facilities The hospital has a helipad, used by air ambulances and for military training. Teaching The hospital serves as a teaching hospital for medical students from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and Norwich Medical School. Transport Local bus route 8, operated by Arriva, and 51, 52 and 68, operated by First, serve the hospital, with a bus stop located outside the main entrance. There is also a Park and Ride service, run by Essex County Council. The nearest railway station is Colchester on the Great Eastern Main Line, located 1.0 miles from the hospital. References External links Official website Colchester Hospital on the NHS website Inspection reports from the Care Quality Commission
Brighton General Hospital

Brighton General Hospital is an acute general hospital on Elm Grove in Brighton, East Sussex. It is managed by Sussex Community NHS Trust. The main Arundel building is Grade II listed. History The hospital has its origins in the Brighton Workhouse Infirmary which was designed by George Maynard and opened in September 1867. It was extended to create additional wards and pavilions in the 1880s. The building served as the Kitchener Indian Hospital during the First World War. It became Brighton Municipal Hospital in 1930 and joined the National Health Service as Brighton General Hospital in 1948. Development In October 2018, the trust announced that it intended to sell most of the site for residential development. The plan is to convert the listed buildings for residential use, and provide a new purpose-built community health facility on part of the site. Services The hospital offers a range of screening, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services including paediatrics, elderly care, diabetic care, back care, audiology, physiotherapy, and specialist care for heart failure, MS and Parkinson's disease. The trust says that despite its name, the site is no longer a hospital as it has various clinics but no overnight beds. References External links Official website
Pinderfields Hospital

Pinderfields Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in Wakefield, West Yorkshire operated by the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. History The original acute hospital in Wakefield was established as part of the Stanley Royd Hospital and opened on 8 March 1900. It was briefly renamed Wakefield Emergency Hospital before becoming Pinderfields General Hospital in the 1940s. Harold Balme was officer-in-charge of the hospital when it was one of two major rehabilitation hospitals during the Second World War. The name derives from the Pinder of Wakefield, the townsmen in charge of impounding stray animals who were tasked with ensuring that no-one dare trespass on Wakefield under their watchful eyes. A new hospital, to be known as the Pinderfields Hospital, was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract to replace Pinderfields General Hospital in 2007. The new hospital, which was designed by the Building Design Partnership and built by Balfour Beatty, cost around £150 million. It was completed in June 2010. and was opened by the Princess Royal in September 2011. In January 2018, with overcrowding becoming a serious issue at many hospitals, patients were pictured sleeping on the bare floors of Pinderfields Hospital. References External links Official site
Kent and Canterbury Hospital

The Kent and Canterbury Hospital, colloquially known among residents as the K+C, is a community hospital in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is managed by the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. History After a suitable site on land formerly belonging to St Augustine's Abbey had been identified, the foundation stone for the Kent and Canterbury Infirmary was laid by Sir Edward Knatchbull in June 1791. It was completed in September 1793 and extended in 1829, 1838 and 1871. The present hospital, which was designed in the Art Deco style, was opened by the Duke of Kent in 1937. The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and the gynecology department of the hospital moved to Higham Park in 1951 where it would remain for some 30 years. The hospital was considerably expanded in the 1960s. References Further reading Hall, F. Marcus (1987). The Kent and Canterbury Hospital 1790-1987. The Kent Postgraduate Medical Centre. ISBN 978-0951246405. External links Official website
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital

The Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM) is a hospital in Margate, Kent, England. It is managed by the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the Margate Cottage Hospital which was established at Victoria Road in Margate in 1876. In the 1920s it was decided to relocate the hospital to its current site in St Peters Road. The new facility was opened by Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught as the Margate and District General Hospital in July 1930. The hospital joined the National Health Service as the Margate General Hospital in 1948 and then became the Isle of Thanet District Hospital, Margate Wing in 1973 before becoming Thanet District General Hospital in 1986. In 1965 a new maternity wing was named after Edith Greaves OBE, a midwife and matron of City of London Maternity Hospital for over 32 years. A major new extension was opened by Charles, Prince of Wales on behalf of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in 1996 at which time the hospital was renamed the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital. References External links Official website Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital on the NHS website
Barnsley Hospital

Barnsley Hospital is an acute general hospital in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It is managed by the Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the Barnsley Union Workhouse Infirmary which opened in 1852. It was expanded in 1875 and a new purpose-built infirmary, designed with a pavilion layout, was completed in 1883. It became Barnsley Municipal Hospital in 1930 but was renamed St Helen Hospital in 1935, before joining the National Health Service in 1948. A major redevelopment of the site to create Barnsley District General Hospital was completed in 1977. The facility became known as Barnsley Hospital in 2005. In 2021 an extension to the emergency department was opened which brings together the hospital’s previous paediatric units into a single location. Arms References
Shotley Bridge Hospital

Shotley Bridge Hospital is a healthcare facility in Shotley Bridge, County Durham, England. It is managed by the County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital originated with the acquisition of the Whinney House Estate in 1912. The facility, which was originally designed by Newcombe and Newcombe as a tuberculosis hospital, opened in 1912. It became a mental health facility known as the Shotley Bridge Mental Defectives Colony in 1927. It served as the Shotley Bridge Emergency Hospital during the Second World War specialising in plastic surgery, before joining the National Health Service as Shotley Bridge General Hospital in 1948. Although it was once one of the largest hospitals in the Northern Region, most primary care and acute services were transferred to the new University Hospital of North Durham in 2001. After this, most of the earlier buildings were demolished and it became a community hospital. In April 2019 the trust announced a consultation on the possible transfer of clinical services to a smaller medical centre. References External links Official site
Southport and Formby District General Hospital

Southport and Formby District General Hospital is an acute hospital at Kew in Southport, Merseyside. It is managed by the Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. History The hospital, which replaced the Southport General Infirmary and the Southport Promenade Hospital, opened in September 1988. A major expansion of the accident and emergency department was commissioned in February 2018. References
Solihull Hospital

Solihull Hospital is an acute general hospital in Solihull, West Midlands, England. It is managed by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the Solihull Union Workhouse Infirmary which was completed in 1898. The hospital joined the National Health Service as Solihull Hospital in 1948. A new purpose-built hospital was built at a cost of £38 million in the early 1990s and the new facilities were officially opened in June 1994. A new dermatology unit was opened in December 2015 and a new haematology and oncology day unit was opened in May 2018. In December 2021 the NHS decided to set up Nightingale Surge Hubs around the country in response to the COVID-19 Omicron variant. One of the temporary hubs was on the staff car park at Solihull Hospital with a capacity of approximately 100 beds. The surge hub was decommissioned without treating a single patient. The construction of the Solihull Elective Surgery Hub consisting of six theatres (three ultra-clean and three robotic) started in early 2023 and built in modular format. One of the first patients to be treated in the new theatres was in November 2024. The new theatre hub cost £46m. Notable staff Geoffrey Gillam FRCP (1905–1970) was a consultant cardiologist at the hospital in the 1960s. References External links Official website
Macclesfield District General Hospital

Macclesfield District General Hospital is a health facility in Macclesfield, Cheshire. It is managed by the East Cheshire NHS Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the Macclesfield Workhouse and Hospital which opened at West Park in 1844. A fever hospital was completed in 1854 and a new hospital block was completed in 1881. It became West Park Hospital in 1930 and joined the National Health Service as Macclesfield Hospital, West Park Branch in 1948. Meanwhile the Macclesfield Infirmary, which had been built at Cumberland Street in 1868, evolved to join the National Health Service as Macclesfield Hospital, Infirmary Branch in 1948. The Infirmary Branch moved to Prestbury Road in 1980. The operation of the hospital became very inefficient as clinical operations were split between the West Park Branch and the Infirmary Branch. Accordingly the hospital was re-built as Macclesfield District General Hospital at West Park in the early 1980s. The sustainability and transformation plan for Merseyside and Cheshire proposed to downgrade the emergency department at Macclesfield District General Hospital to a minor injuries and illnesses unit, but within a fortnight, after widespread opposition it was altered to read "The clear view is that the best model of care will include an A&E department at Macclesfield staffed by hospital doctors and clinicians." At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in England the maternity services were closed and staff and patients sent to acute sites in Greater Manchester. References External links Official website
Walsall Manor Hospital

Walsall Manor Hospital is an acute general hospital in Walsall, West Midlands managed by the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. History The hospital has its origins in an infirmary built for the Central Union Workhouse in 1896; the car park is on the site of Walsall Castle, a 12th/13th-15th century moated manor house. After becoming the Manor Hospital in 1928, it expanded through conversion for clinical use of an old nurses' block in the 1930s and of an old recreational hall in the 1960s. A new geriatric block was opened in 1973 and the West Wing was opened by Princess Diana in 1991. A redevelopment of the site was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2007. The works, which were designed by Steffian Bradley and carried out by Skanska at a cost of £174 million, were completed in 2010. A new "dementia friendly" ward opened in May 2015 and a transitional care unit for new-born babies opened at the hospital in February 2017. A new Emergency Department, constructed by Tilbury Douglas was completed in March 2023. See also Walsall Integrated Sexual Health Services Healthcare in West Midlands List of hospitals in England References External links Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Sunderland Royal Hospital

Sunderland Royal Hospital is an acute general hospital in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. It is managed by the South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the Sunderland Union Workhouse Infirmary which was completed on a site to the south of Hylton Road in 1855. A new enlarged infirmary was built on the west of the workhouse in the early 20th century. The combined workhouse and infirmary facility became the Highfield Institute and Municipal Hospital in 1930 and it joined the National Health Service as Sunderland General Hospital in 1948. It was renamed Sunderland Royal Hospital in 1996. Services Sunderland and South Tyneside clinical commissioning groups decided in February 2018 to centralise hospital based stroke, maternity, gynaecology and paediatric services at Sunderland Royal Hospital. Notable patient British actor Sid James, best known for his roles in various Carry On films and Bless This House died there on 26 April 1976 shortly after collapsing on stage at the Sunderland Empire Theatre from a heart attack. References