Stepping Hill Hospital

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Stepping Hill Hospital
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
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Hospital viewed from the railway bridge on Bramhall Moor Lane
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Shown in Greater Manchester
Geography
Location Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
Coordinates 53°23′02″N2°07′55″W / 53.383901°N 2.131836°W / 53.383901; -2.131836
Organisation
Care system NHS
Type District General Hospital
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds778
History
Opened1905
Links
Website stockport.nhs.uk
Lists Hospitals in England

Stepping Hill Hospital is in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is managed by Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.

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History

The hospital in 1908, a few years after opening Stepping Hill Hospital 1908.jpg
The hospital in 1908, a few years after opening

The facility was first established on Stepping Hill as the Stepping Hill Poor Law Hospital in December 1905. [1] [2] The facility became a military hospital during the First World War [3] and joined the National Health Service as the Stepping Hill Municipal Hospital in 1948. [1]

In an incident which began in July 2011, 3 patients were found to have been unlawfully killed by poisoning at the hospital. [4] The United Kingdom's first prostate cancer operation using a hand-held robot was undertaken at the hospital in March 2012. [5]

The Duchess of Gloucester officially opened a new medical and surgical centre built at a cost of £20 million in October 2017. [6]

Notable births

Claire Foy, the Golden Globe Award winning actress and star of Netflix series The Crown and the BBC miniseries Wolf Hall, was born at the hospital in 1984 [7] and England under-21 footballer Tom Ince was born at the hospital in 1992. [8]

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References

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