Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital

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Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital
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Shown in Lincolnshire
Geography
Location Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Coordinates 53°32′42″N0°05′43″W / 53.54500°N 0.09528°W / 53.54500; -0.09528
Organisation
Care system NHS
History
Former name(s)Scartho Road Infirmary
Scartho Road Institution
Scartho Hospital
Grimsby General Hospital
Opened1894
Links
Website www.nlg.nhs.uk
Lists Hospitals in England

Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital is a public hospital in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. It is managed by the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. [1]

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History

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The old hospital in Scartho Road

The hospital has its origins in a workhouse infirmary that opened in Scartho Road in October 1894. [2] The original building and its clock tower were designed by Ernest William Farebrother. [3] The facility has been known by several names since its founding, including Scartho Road Infirmary and Grimsby General Hospital. [4] The facility became a general hospital after the creation of the National Health Service in 1948. [2] [5] The League of Friends of the Grimsby Hospitals was founded in 1956 to help fundraise for hospital improvements not available under the NHS. [6]

In the 1970s, it was decided to build a modern facility on a site to the immediate south of the infirmary. [2] The hospital was officially opened by the Princess of Wales as the Grimsby District Hospital on 26 July 1983 and was renamed in her honour following her death in 1997. [7]

At the forefront of infection control, the Trust was a pioneer of the "clean your hands" campaign in 2003. [8] Subsequent developments included a new Family Services Unit opened in 2004, [9] a new cardiology unit opened in 2005, [10] a new breast care unit opened in 2007 [11] and the first phase of a new Accident and Emergency unit opened in August 2008. [12]

In 1985 the hospital was used for filming scenes of the film Clockwise . [13]

See also

References

  1. "Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust". Nlg.nhs.uk. 1 April 2001. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Grimsby". Workhouses. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John (2002) [1964]. Antram, Nicholas (ed.). The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (2nd ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 346. ISBN   0-300-09620-8.
  4. Keeler, C. Richard; Mishima, Saaichi (2001). International Biography and Bibliography of Opthalmologists and Vision Scientists. Jean-Paul Wayenborgh. p. 174. ISBN   978-90-6299-896-8.
  5. "Grimsby District General Hospital, Grimsby". National Archives. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  6. Ruston, Abby (12 April 2020). "How Grimsby General Hospital once looked inside". Grimsby Telegraph . Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  7. Ruston, Abby (31 August 2017). "Twenty years since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  8. "Hospitals in hands-on campaign". BBC News. 9 July 2003. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
  9. "New £12m family services facility opens". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 25 November 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "New unit opens to patients' praise". Grimsby Evening Telegraph. 28 November 2005. Retrieved 18 September 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "Breast cancer unit opens it doors". BBC News . 5 August 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
  12. "Hospital Opens New Facilities". redOrbit. 31 August 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
  13. "Clockwise". Rell Street. Retrieved 2 December 2018.