Musgrove Park Hospital

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Musgrove Park Hospital
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
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Entrance to Musgrove Park Hospital
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Shown in Somerset
Geography
Location Taunton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°00′44″N3°07′14″W / 51.0123°N 3.1205°W / 51.0123; -3.1205
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Type District General
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds640 [1]
Helipad Yes
History
Opened1949
Links
Website somersetft.nhs.uk/musgrove-park-hospital/ OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Lists Hospitals 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.

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History

The 67th General Hospital was authorised on 3 March 1941, during the Second World War, and activated 1 September 1942 as an American Army Hospital and occupied by the U.S. Army Medical Corps. [2] [3] After the war, it continued in use as a Ministry of Pensions Hospital and only became a General Hospital within the National Health Service in 1951. [2]

Early royal visits included those by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 1959 and by Princess Anne in 1970, when she opened the Intensive Therapy Unit. [4] Following an operation on his foot in 1977, [5] Somerset cricketer Ian Botham mistakenly walked into a children's ward at Musgrove Park. He gives this as his inspiration for raising millions of pounds for leukaemia charities. [6]

During the great snow of February 1978, the helicopter became a familiar sight, bringing in patients with head injuries, transporting mothers in labour and supplying smaller hospitals. This was followed by the Taunton train fire of July 1978, which also affected staff and patients. [2]

The first major development of the hospital, the Queen's Building, which provides accident and emergency, orthopaedics, endoscopy and ophthalmics as well as therapy services, was opened by Elizabeth II in 1987. [7] The Duchess Building, which provides medical and care of the elderly, outpatients, oral surgery and orthodontics, dermatology, diagnostic imaging, pharmacy and paramedical support, was opened by the Duchess of Gloucester in 1995. [8]

In October 2006, a new multi-storey car park was opened, provided under a 25-year public-private partnership (PPP). The Cedars car park was built with 736 spaces, operated by Dutch company Q-Park. A new cardiac extension to the hospital was built at this time, providing primary angioplasty facilities. [9]

On 1 December 2007, Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust became a Foundation Trust. As a Foundation Trust, the hospital was given greater freedoms over its finances and the 5,200 people who have registered as members were given a greater role to play in the future direction of the hospital. [10] The Beacon Centre for cancer services opened in May 2009. [11]

Between February and May 2010, a new helipad was constructed directly outside the accident and emergency department reducing patient transfer times. [12] [13]

In 2014, the Jubilee Building, which replaced part of the old building was completed. [14]

In 2020, the building of a new maternity building and surgical centre was announced. [15]

Services

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance on the helipad at Musgrove Park Hospital Musgrove Helipad.jpg
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance on the helipad at Musgrove Park Hospital

Musgrove Park serves a population of 340,000 - primarily living in the area served by NHS South West. [1] Each year 41,000 patients are admitted as emergencies; 9,000 patients are admitted for elective surgery; 34,000 are seen for day case surgery; 315,500 outpatient appointments are held; 75,000 attend Accident and Emergency, [1] 3,400 babies are born in the Maternity Department and 235,000 diagnostics tests are carried out. [16]

The hospital has 640 beds as well as 16 operating theatres. [1] Musgrove Park is also home to an Intensive Care and High Dependency Unit, an Acute Medical Unit, a fully equipped Diagnostic Imaging department and a specialised Children’s Department including a Paediatric High Dependency Bay. The trust also provides Neonatal Intensive Care for all of Somerset. The trust employs about 4,000 staff. [16]

Musgrove Park has a Community Radio station housed on its campus, Apple FM, presented and run by volunteers. The station is broadcast on 97.3 MHz FM throughout Taunton Deane and beyond and to all patients and staff on the internal bedside entertainment units. [17]

Television

In 2007, the accident and emergency department of Musgrove Hospital was the subject of a TV fly-on-the-wall series known as Emergency: Medics . [18]

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  2. 1 2 3 "History in Brief". Musgrove Park Hospital. Archived from the original on 21 January 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
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  5. ↑ "Ian Botham: Cricketer of the Year". John Wisden & Co. 1978. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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  7. ↑ "Photographs of the opening of the Queen's Building by The Queen". South West Heritage Trust. 8 May 1987. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
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  11. ↑ "About the Beacon Centre". Somerset Unit for Radiotherapy Equipment. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  12. ↑ Hill, Phil (27 February 2010). "Musgrove helipad work progressing". County Gazette. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  13. ↑ Bull, Rebecca (25 May 2010). "First helicopter lands at Musgrove Park Hospital helipad". County Gazette. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  14. ↑ "£34m Jubilee Building keys handed over to Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital". County Gazette. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  15. ↑ "Musgrove Park Hospital to replace "outdated" buildings". BBC News. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  16. 1 2 "About Your Hospital". Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  17. ↑ "Apple FM". Apple FM. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  18. ↑ Ward-Willis, Claire (17 April 2007). "Stars of A & E". County Gazette. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
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