Hospital of St Cross, Rugby

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Hospital of St Cross
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
St Cross Hospital, old part, 6.19.jpg
Victorian buildings at the old part of the hospital
Hospital of St Cross, Rugby
Geography
LocationBarby Road,
Rugby,
Warwickshire,
England
Coordinates 52°21′50″N1°15′32″W / 52.3640°N 1.2589°W / 52.3640; -1.2589
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type General
Affiliated university Warwick Medical School
Services
Emergency department No (has an Urgent Treatment Centre)
Beds110
History
Opened1884
Links
Website www.uhcw.nhs.uk/find/stcross

The Hospital of St Cross is a National Health Service hospital on Barby Road, in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, managed by the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. It is on the south edge of Rugby above a steep slope running down to the Sow Brook valley.

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History

1890s picture of the original hospital The Rugby Hospital of St Cross.jpg
1890s picture of the original hospital

The hospital was founded by Richard Henry Wood DL, a wealthy stockbroker who was originally from Manchester, but who had lived in Rugby for 21 years, and his wife, Elizabeth Wood (née Hatton) [1] [2] to replace an earlier nursing home in Castle Street, which had opened in 1869, and was no-longer adequate for the town's needs. The Woods' donated a plot of land off Barby Road and a donation of a million pounds to build the hospital. [3] [4] Named after the Hospital of St Cross in Winchester, [4] it was designed by Henry Wilson, of Gray's Inn Square, [5] and opened in July 1884. [6] When opened it had three nurses, four support staff, and 31 beds. The hospital has undergone numerous extensions since, with many new buildings added. The original building is still extant. [3]

The Victoria Diamond Jubilee Wing was opened by the founder in July 1899, the children's wing was opened by Princess Henry of Battenburg in October 1907 and a new out-patient department was opened by the Duchess of York in April 1929. [4] In 1932 a sun pavilion was added on the south side, when fresh air was viewed as an effective treatment. [3]

It joined the National Health Service in 1948. [4] In the early-1990s, St Cross was further enlarged, after the decision was taken to close St Luke's Hospital in Rugby, and move all of its services to St Cross, this was completed in 1993. [7] A new Diamond Jubilee rehabilitation centre was opened by Princess Alexandra of Kent in April 2014. [8] 2021 saw the opening of The Maple Unit, a £1 million purpose-built Haematology and Oncology centre. [9]

Facilities

Entrance to urgent treatment centre Rugby Urgent Treatment Centre 10.22.jpg
Entrance to urgent treatment centre

The hospital has 110 beds and six operating theatres, which specialise in elective surgery. It has an urgent treatment centre for minor injuries and illnesses, which is open every day, 24 hours a day, but does not have a full Accident and Emergency department, the nearest of which is based at University Hospital Coventry. It has a blood taking unit. It also provides rehabilitation, outpatient and screening services. A more extensive range of medical services are provided at the University Hospital Coventry which is the principal hospital serving the Coventry and Rugby area. [10] [11]

In 1997, the hospital's Accident and Emergency department was downgraded to a minor injuries unit; there has been a campaign locally to restore full A&E services to the hospital, citing a growing local population, and the long journey to the nearest A&E department in Coventry, some 12 miles (19 km) away. [12] [13] [14]

Rating

In 2020, the Care Quality Commission rated the hospital as "good" overall. [15]

Myton Hospice

Sharing the site of St Cross Hospital is Rugby Myton Hospice which was opened in 2002. This is not an NHS facility, but is funded largely by charitable donations. [16]

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "Obituary of Richard Henry Wood". Rugby Advertiser. 2 May 1908. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Rugby St Cross Early Hospital Buildings". Our Warwickshire. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Hospital of St. Cross, Rugby 1884-1984" (PDF). Friends of St Cross. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Scott Gatty, Margaret (1900). "The Book of Sun-dials". London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 201–486.
  6. ↑ "Hospital of St Cross, Rugby". Timetrail. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "St. Luke's Hospital, 1948 - 1993 and after". Rugby Local History Research Group. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Royal opening is a glowing tribute to Friends' work". Rugby Observer. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Hospital of St. Cross". University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Hospital Of St Cross". NHS. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "A guide to services provided at the Hospital of St Cross". ReadKong. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "Rugby MP calls for town's A&E services to be restored". BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "Hospital of St Cross: Accident and Emergency Volume 715: debated on Thursday 9 June 2022". Hansard. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "Calls for new secondary school in Rugby - and more urgent health services at St Cross". Warwickshire World. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Hospital of St Cross". Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "Myton Hospice celebrates 40 years of caring for people across Warwickshire". Warwickshire World. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
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