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.
| Shotley Bridge Hospital | |
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| County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust | |
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  Shown in County Durham | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Shotley Bridge, County Durham, England |
| Coordinates | 54°52′09″N 1°50′33″W / 54.8692°N 1.8426°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Community |
| History | |
| Opened | 1912 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe hospital originated with the acquisition of the Whinney House Estate in 1912.[1] The facility, which was originally designed by Newcombe and Newcombe as a tuberculosis hospital, opened in 1912.[1] It became a mental health facility known as the Shotley Bridge Mental Defectives Colony in 1927.[2] It served as the Shotley Bridge Emergency Hospital during the Second World War specialising in plastic surgery,[3][4] before joining the National Health Service as Shotley Bridge General Hospital in 1948.[2] Although it was once one of the largest hospitals in the Northern Region,[1] 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.[1] In April 2019 the trust announced a consultation on the possible transfer of clinical services to a smaller medical centre.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Shotley Bridge Hospital". Shotley Bridge Village Trust. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Shotley Bridge General Hospital, Consett". National Archives. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Shotley Bridge Hospital". Domesday Reloaded. BBC. 1986. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ Bell, R C (July 1986). "A brief history of the plastic surgery unit based on shotley bridge general hospital". British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 39 (3): 422–431. doi:10.1016/0007-1226(86)90060-3. PMID 3524722. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "Shotley Bridge Hospital's future in doubt". Northern Echo. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.