Macclesfield District General Hospital

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Macclesfield District General Hospital
East Cheshire NHS Trust
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Macclesfield District General Hospital
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Geography
Location Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Coordinates 53°15′45″N2°08′31″W / 53.2624°N 2.1419°W / 53.2624; -2.1419
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type General
Services
Emergency department Yes
History
Opened1844
Links
Website www.eastcheshire.nhs.uk
Lists Hospitals in England

Macclesfield District General Hospital is a health facility in Macclesfield, Cheshire. It is managed by the East Cheshire NHS Trust.

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History

The hospital has its origins in the Macclesfield Workhouse and Hospital which opened at West Park in 1844. [1] [2] A fever hospital was completed in 1854 and a new hospital block was completed in 1881. [1] It became West Park Hospital in 1930 and joined the National Health Service as Macclesfield Hospital, West Park Branch in 1948. [2]

Meanwhile the Macclesfield Infirmary, which had been built at Cumberland Street in 1868, [3] evolved to join the National Health Service as Macclesfield Hospital, Infirmary Branch in 1948. [4] The Infirmary Branch moved to Prestbury Road in 1980. [4]

The operation of the hospital became very inefficient as clinical operations were split between the West Park Branch and the Infirmary Branch. [3] Accordingly the hospital was re-built as Macclesfield District General Hospital at West Park in the early 1980s. [5]

The sustainability and transformation plan for Merseyside and Cheshire proposed to downgrade the emergency department at Macclesfield District General Hospital to a minor injuries and illnesses unit, [6] but within a fortnight, after widespread opposition it was altered to read "The clear view is that the best model of care will include an A&E department at Macclesfield staffed by hospital doctors and clinicians." [7]

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in England the maternity services were closed and staff and patients sent to acute sites in Greater Manchester. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Macclesfield". Workhouses. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Macclesfield District General Hospital, West Park and Infirmary, Macclesfield". National Archives. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Hospitals (Macclesfield)". Hansard. 15 November 1974. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Macclesfield District General Hospital, Infirmary Branch, Macclesfield". National Archives. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  5. "About the Trust". East Cheshire NHS Trust. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  6. "Leaked STP document reveals A&E downgrade plans". Health Service Journal. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  7. "Cheshire backtracks on potential A&E downgrade". Health Service Journal. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  8. "North by North West: The real route to reopening a fragile service". Health Service Journal. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.