Jersey General Hospital

Jersey General Hospital
Government of Jersey
The hospital in 2008
Geography
Location	St Helier, Jersey
Coordinates	49°11′15″N2°06′44″W / 49.1875°N 2.1123°W / 49.1875; -2.1123
Organisation
Type	General
Affiliated university	University of Southampton School of Medicine [1]
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	219
History
Opened	1793

Jersey General Hospital in Saint Helier is the only hospital on the island of Jersey. It has 219 beds.

Medical students are placed at the hospital by the Wessex Deanery of Health Education England. ^[2]

History

It was originally a poorhouse. The foundation stone was laid in 1765 but the building was requisitioned by the military in 1779 as there was no barracks on the island. It was used as a hospital poorhouse from 1793. The building was largely destroyed by fire in 1859. Until 1868, when St Saviour's Hospital was opened, it also served as a lunatic asylum. ^{[3] [ better source needed ]}

There were plans to replace it with a single-site facility at Overdale, costed at £804 million; however, in November 2022 it was reported that the plans were now for a hybrid General Hospital spread across the existing Gloucester Street site, adjacent land at Kensington Place, and Overdale. ^[4]

Facilities

• Rheumatology
• Maternity
• Special care baby unit (SCBU)
• Emergency Department
• Paediatrics
• Assisted reproduction
• Dermatology
• Blood donation
• Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
• Endoscopy
• Cardiology
• Dental
• Dietetics
• Pharmacy
• Renal
• Joint replacement
• Memory
• Neurology
• Occupational therapy (OT)
• Pain clinic
• Speech and language therapy
• Intensive care unit (ICU)
• Radiology ^[5]

For specialised treatment that is not available in Jersey, patients are transferred to hospitals in Guernsey and the United Kingdom. ^[6]

References

1. "Frequently asked questions". University of Southampton. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
2. "Jersey General Hospital, States of Jersey". Wessex Deanery. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
3. "General Hospital". The Island Wiki. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
4. "Jersey's new-hospital plans to be scrapped and replaced with 'hybrid' model". Jersey Evening Post . 1 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
5. "Hospitals and emergency treatment". Government of Jersey . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
6. "Patient travel to the UK or Guernsey". Government of Jersey . Retrieved 24 March 2025.