North Cambridgeshire Hospital

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North Cambridgeshire Hospital
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
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North Cambridgeshire Hospital
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Location in Cambridgeshire
Geography
LocationThe Park, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England
Coordinates 52°39′56″N0°09′51″E / 52.6655°N 0.1643°E / 52.6655; 0.1643
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type Community
History
Opened1873
Links
Website www.cpft.nhs.uk

North Cambridgeshire Hospital is a healthcare facility in The Park, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. It is managed by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.

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History

The facility, which was established as a Cottage Hospital by Margaret Trafford Southwell, a descendant of the Southwell family who had been tenants at Wisbech Castle, was opened on 2 October, in 1873. [1] The foundation was inscribed:

This Stone was laid on the 16th of October, 1872 by MARGARET ELIZABETH, elder daughter of SIGISMUND TRAFFORD-SOUTHWELL, ESQ. She founded this Hospital To the praise and glory of God, And for the benefit of the Sick and Poor, and appointed as Trustees ALEXANDER PECKOVER. FRANCIS JACKSON. ROBERT WHERRY. REV. JOHN SCOTT M.A.

Initially it had accommodation for 26 patients, taken from a radius of about ten miles. [2] [3]

In 1924 a film recorded a day at the hospital for the East Anglian Film Archive. [4] An outpatients department was completed in 1904 and a children's wing was added in 1936. [5] It joined the National Health Service in 1948. [6] In 1984 Florence Fendick, the last private owner of Wisbech Castle, died at the hospital. [7] In April 2018 it was announced that £8 million would be invested in redeveloping the hospital. [8]

Minor Injury Unit (MIU)

The hospital has a MIU which deals with wounds, bites, minor burns and scalds as well as muscle and joint injuries. [9]

Friends of the Wisbech Hospitals

The Friends of the Wisbech Hospitals is a long established charity organisation, founded in 1953. When it was first formed, the town had several hospitals to support - now the town is left with just one - the North Cambs. The Friends continue to support the hospital itself, the main stipulation being that anything they fund remains in the town so it is available for the benefit of local people. They hold regular events to raise funds to support the staff and patients. Nowadays this can be in the shape of refurbishment projects, redecorating and refreshing old and obsolete equipment, thus enhancing the quality of care that the staff are able to provide. Representatives carry out monthly visits to talk to staff, patients and hospital visitors. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Atkinson, T D; Hampson, Ethel M; Long, E T; Meekings, C A F; Miller, Edward; Wells, H B; Woodgate, G M G (2002). "'Wisbech: Miscellaneous institutions', in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 4, City of Ely; Ely, N. and S. Witchford and Wisbech Hundreds, ed. R B Pugh". London: British History Online. pp. 268–269. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. ↑ FJ Gardiner. History of Wisbech and Neighborhood, During the last fifty years - 1848 - 1898. FJ Gardiner & Co. p. 186.
  3. ↑ anonymous. Twenty-one photographic views of Wisbech and neighborhood. Gardiner & Co.
  4. ↑ "East Anglian Film Archive: Peeps Into A Day's Work At The North Cambridgeshire Hospital, Wisbech, 1924". Eafa.org.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Wisbech". Local Histories. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "North Cambridgeshire Hospital, Wisbech". National Archives. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Death of Mrs F Fendick". Fenland Citizen. 26 December 1984. p. 2.
  8. ↑ "£8 million Wisbech hospital redevelopment plan announced". Fenland Citizen. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "MIU". CPFT. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "North Cambridgeshire Hospital". NHS. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
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