Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital | |
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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
![]() Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital | |
Geography | |
Location | Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England |
Coordinates | 53°32′42″N0°05′43″W / 53.54500°N 0.09528°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
History | |
Former name(s) | Scartho Road Infirmary Scartho Road Institution Scartho Hospital Grimsby General Hospital |
Opened | 1894 |
Links | |
Website | www |
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]
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]
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