Lincoln County Hospital

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Lincoln County Hospital
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
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East side of the hospital seen from Lincoln Cathedral
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Shown in Lincolnshire
Geography
LocationGreetwell Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Organisation
Care system NHS England
Type District General
Affiliated university University of Nottingham
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds602
History
Opened1776
Links
Website www.ulh.nhs.uk/hospitals/lincoln-county
Lists Hospitals in England

Lincoln County Hospital is a large district general hospital on the eastern edge of north-east Lincoln, England. It is the largest hospital in Lincolnshire, and offers the most comprehensive services, in Lincolnshire. It is managed by the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

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History

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Hospital buildings dating back to 1878

The hospital has its origins in some rented accommodation in St Swithin's which opened in November 1769. [1] A purpose-built facility was designed by John Carr and William Lumby and built in Drury Lane between 1776 and 1777. [2]

Following issues with the nursing care, the Ladies' Nursing Fund Committee was established in 1864 to provide a better quality of nursing staff to the hospital. This arrangement only lasted for three years, but the Bromhead Institution for Nurses and the Bromhead Nursing Home became well established in Lincoln. [3]

A new site was identified on Sewell Road and purchased in 1875. [4] A new building, designed by Alexander Graham, was built on the new site and completed in 1878. [4] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948. [4]

The Lincoln Hospitals' Radio Service, which first broadcast from St George's Hospital in December 1979, moved to Lincoln County Hospital in 1988. Its founder, Ray Drury, had been a cartoonist with the Daily Express . [5]

In 2013 a review by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh found that there was a significant backlog of complaints and that there had been a noticeable increase in the ombudsman having to intervene to investigate complaints that had not been followed up. Accordingly Keogh found that the complaints handling system was not fit for purpose. The trust implemented a new complaints system in response. [6] [7] [8]

Notable staff

Services

The University of Nottingham Medical School has approximately 330 nursing students and 30 midwifery students at its Lincoln Education Centre. [12] Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire share the Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance. [13]

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  2. "Chad Varah House, formerly Lincoln Theological College" . Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. "Records of the Bromhead Institution for Nurses and the Bromhead Nursing Home, Lincoln". The National Archives. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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  8. "United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust" (PDF). Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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  12. "Undergraduate Nursing Courses - School of Health Sciences - The University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  13. "Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance is set to provide 24 hour care". Nottingham Post . 19 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

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