Great Western Hospital

Last updated

Great Western Hospital
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Great western hospital.JPG
Great Western Hospital
Wiltshire UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Shown in Wiltshire
Geography
Location Swindon, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°32′56″N1°45′18″W / 51.549°N 1.755°W / 51.549; -1.755
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Type District General
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds400
History
Opened2002
Links
Website www.gwh.nhs.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Lists Hospitals in England

The Great Western Hospital is a large hospital in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, near junction 15 of the M4 motorway. It opened in 2002 and is run by the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Contents

History

The original hospital in Swindon was the Princess Margaret Hospital, in the Okus suburb to the south of the town, which started providing services to patients in 1960 but was not formally opened by Princess Margaret until April 1966. [1] It has since been fully demolished. [2]

The new hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract to replace the services previously provided at the Princess Margaret Hospital and St Margaret's Hospital at Stratton St Margaret in 1999. [3] The architect for the new hospital was Whicheloe Macfarlane, [4] who designed the hospital with a concrete frame. The outside of the building is covered in 7,600 square metres (82,000 sq ft) of cream coloured precast concrete cladding panels which attempt to replicate the appearance of Wiltshire stone. [5] There are six floors providing a total of 55,000 square metres (590,000 sq ft) of floor space. [6] It was built by Carillion [7] at a cost of £148 million; [8] it started providing services to patients in 2002 and was formally opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on 28 February 2003. [9]

Facilities

The facilities at the hospital include an accident and emergency department, an acute assessment unit, a twelve bedded intensive care / high dependency unit, a maternity unit, an intermediate care centre on site, a health and social care education centre called the Academy, and a wide range of wards and clinics, serving approximately 300,000 people. [1]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Mary's Hospital, London</span> Hospital in England

St Mary's Hospital is an NHS district general hospital in Paddington, in the City of Westminster, London, founded in 1845. Since the UK's first academic health science centre was created in 2008, it has been operated by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which also operates Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital and the Western Eye Hospital.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">RAF Wroughton</span> UK Royal Air Force airbase

RAF Wroughton is a former Royal Air Force airfield near Wroughton, in Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) south of Swindon. Ministry of Defence aviation activity ceased in 1972. The airfield now belongs to the Science Museum Group and is home to the National Collections Centre, which houses the group's large-object storage and library.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh</span> Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland

The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) was established in 1729, and is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland. The new buildings of 1879 were claimed to be the largest voluntary hospital in the United Kingdom, and later on, the Empire. The hospital moved to a new 900 bed site in 2003 in Little France. It is the site of clinical medicine teaching as well as a teaching hospital for the University of Edinburgh Medical School. In 1960 the first successful kidney transplant performed in the UK was at this hospital. In 1964 the world's first coronary care unit was established at the hospital. It is the only site for liver, pancreas, and pancreatic islet cell transplantation in Scotland, and one of the country's two sites for kidney transplantation. In 2012, the Emergency Department had 113,000 patient attendances, the highest number in Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton</span> Hospital in Roehampton, England, United Kingdom

Queen Mary's Hospital, formerly Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals, is a community hospital in Roehampton in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is run by St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Western Ambulance Service</span> UK ambulance service

The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is the organisation responsible for providing ambulance services for the National Health Service (NHS) across South West England. It serves the council areas of Bath and North East Somerset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Plymouth, Isles of Scilly, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, Torbay and Wiltshire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mount Vernon Hospital</span> Hospital in London, England

Mount Vernon Hospital is a hospital located in Northwood in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It is one of two hospitals run by The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the other being Hillingdon Hospital.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Great Western Ambulance Service</span> Former NHS emergency services trust.

The Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust (GWAS) was a National Health Service (NHS) trust which provided emergency and non-emergency patient transport services to Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire, in South West England. It was formed on 1 April 2006 by the merger of the Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire ambulance services. The ambulance service was acquired by neighbouring Foundation Trust South Western Ambulance Service (SWASFT) on 1 February 2013.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs the Great Western Hospital, a large hospital situated in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, next to junction 15 of the M4 motorway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University Hospital Coventry</span> Hospital in Coventry, West Midlands, England

University Hospital Coventry is a large National Health Service (NHS) hospital situated in the Walsgrave on Sowe area of Coventry, West Midlands, England, 4 miles (6 km) north-east of the city centre. It is part of the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, and is the principal hospital serving Coventry and Rugby, providing a wide range of services. It works in partnership with the University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School. It has a large, progressive accident & emergency department providing a trauma service to Coventry and Warwickshire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital</span> Hospital in England

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (BNHH) is a 450-bed National Health Service (NHS) hospital in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England run by Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It employs around 2,800 staff. Each year it has around 47,000 admissions, sees 43,000 patients in the Emergency Department, sees around 175,000 outpatients and delivers over 2,800 babies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Musgrove Park Hospital</span> Hospital in England

Musgrove Park Hospital is a large NHS hospital located in Taunton, Somerset, England, run by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. Originally a US Army General Hospital during the Second World War, it became an NHS hospital in 1951.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belford Hospital</span> Rural general hospital in Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland

Belford Hospital, locally known as The Belford, is a rural general hospital in Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luton and Dunstable University Hospital</span> Hospital in Bedfordshire, England

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital is an acute hospital in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, run by Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It provides medical and surgical services for over 350,000 people in southern Bedfordshire, the north of Hertfordshire and parts of Buckinghamshire. The hospital is often abbreviated to the 'L&D', and employs 3,400 staff.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blackberry Hill Hospital</span> Hospital in Bristol, United Kingdom

Blackberry Hill Hospital is an NHS psychiatric hospital in Fishponds, Bristol, England, specialising in forensic mental health services, operated by the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. The hospital also offers drug and alcohol rehabilitation inpatient services, and is the base for a number of community mental health teams.

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) is an NHS mental health trust providing adult mental health and related services in Wiltshire and the former county of Avon, an area centred on Bristol.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre</span> Medical facility in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

The Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre (ECRC), also known as the University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, is a center for basic, translational and clinical cancer research located in Edinburgh, Scotland. ECRC constitutes a part of the Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine (IGMM) and is positioned in direct proximity of the Western General Hospital, where most of its clinical activities take place.

Healthcare in Somerset, England was the responsibility of three clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) until July 2022. These covered the ceremonial county of Somerset, which comprises the areas governed by the three unitary authorities of Somerset, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset.

Callington Road Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Bristol, England. Opened in 2006, it primarily replaced Barrow Hospital, providing psychiatric inpatient and community services for Bristol and the surrounding region. It is run by the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Healthcare in Wiltshire, England, is the responsibility of the integrated care board (ICB) for Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire.

The Princess Margaret Hospital was a large hospital situated in Okus Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It was managed by the Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust.

References

  1. 1 2 "Then and now: A hospital's story". BBC. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. "Where the angels used to tread". Swindon Advertiser. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. "Highworth". Workhouses. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  4. "The Great Western Hospital, Swindon". Royde & Tucker. Archived from the original on 30 October 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2006.
  5. "The Great Western Hospital, Swindon". The Concrete Centre. Archived from the original on 10 August 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2006.
  6. "The Great Western Hospital, Swindon". ARUP facilities management. Archived from the original on 16 October 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2006.
  7. "Great Western Hospital, Swindon to axe up to 200 jobs". Labour Net. Retrieved 26 October 2006.
  8. "Tarmac Start in site for hospital". Construction News. 8 January 1998. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  9. "HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, visits Swindon". SwindonEvent.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2006.