page_title: North Manchester General Hospital
section_title: Crumpsall Hospital
hierarchical_section_title: North Manchester General Hospital / History / Crumpsall Hospital
caption_attribution_description: English: Patient in bed with nurse, diet and prescription board
context_page_description: North Manchester General Hospital is a large NHS hospital in Crumpsall in the north of the English city of Manchester. It is operated by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group. There is an accident and emergency unit, together with a maternity unit, high dependency unit and a mental health wing.
context_section_description: Crumpsall Hospital was built as an infirmary for the Manchester Union Workhouse and opened in 1876.
  In 1914 the hospital was a receiving station firstly for 500 casualties from Belgium. By 1924 there was an X-ray department, ear, eye and dental departments and a chiropody room.  There were then 4 or 5 resident medical officers, who usually stayed for about 2 years, rotating through the different specialities. In 1927 a new dispensary and a separate block for operating theatres, X-ray, dental and recovery rooms was built.
  The Infirmary had 1,440 beds in 1928 with a further 600 in the attached mental department. The patients included both chronic and acute cases and both acute cases and the work of the obstetric and gynaecological department had been increasing. The hospital had a bacteriological and pathological laboratory and was a registered training school for nurses both in general medical and surgical work and in midwifery.  in 1929 it became a municipal hospital.
  In 1948 the hospital joined the National Health Service. In 1951 a nurses sick bay, a premature babies unit and a new Physiotherapy department were opened. In 1952 the hospital was recognised by Manchester University for clinical teaching and some of the senior medical staff were appointed honorary lecturers.
caption: Patient in bed with nurse, diet and prescription board at Crumpsall Hospital in 1890
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