Bury General Hospital

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Bury General Hospital
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The old lodge, all that remains of Bury General Hospital
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Geography
Location Bury, Greater Manchester, England
Coordinates 53°36′31″N2°17′25″W / 53.6087°N 2.2903°W / 53.6087; -2.2903
Organisation
Care system National Health Service
Type District General
History
Opened1882
Closed2006

Bury General Hospital was a hospital in Bury, Greater Manchester. [1] It opened as the Bury Dispensary Hospital in 1882. After the accident and emergency department and most facilities moved to the more modern Fairfield General Hospital in 2001, Bury General Hospital finally closed in 2006. [2] [3]

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History

In 1882, two local businessmen Thomas Norris and Thomas Wringley opened the Bury Dispensary Hospital on Walmersley Road. It replaced an older dispensary between Bury Lane and Bolton Street. Sometime in the 20th-century, a children's ward was built to the left hand side of the site. [4] [5]

Closure

In 1997, the Bury and Rochdale Health Authority approved the move of all facilities from Bury General Hospital to Fairfield General Hospital. This was because of the poor condition of the then 92 year old building and its limited bed capacity. In 1998, the Authority commissioned a £24 million extension to the Fairfield General Hospital complex. After the works were complete, the accident and emergency centre moved to Fairfield General Hospital in September 2001. [6] [4] Bury General Hospital finally closed in 2006. [2]

References

  1. Anson, John (2023-04-29). "All appeared quiet at Bury General Hospital in the Sixties". Yahoo News . Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  2. 1 2 "Hospital could become des res". Manchester Evening News . February 17, 2007. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  3. "100 houses planned for hospital site". Lancashire Telegraph. August 2, 2002.
  4. 1 2 "A&E move in the early hours". Lancashire Telegraph. September 14, 2001.
  5. "Old pics of Bury 261". January 13, 2012 via Flickr.
  6. "Super hospital on the way to replace doomed Bury General". The Bolton News. July 9, 1998.