- Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases
Infobox Hospital
Name = Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases
Org/Group = Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Trust
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Location = Bath
Region = Somerset
State = England
Country = UK
HealthCare = NHS
Type = Specialist
Speciality =Rheumatology
Emergency = No
Affiliation=
Beds =
Founded = 1742
Closed =
Website = http://www.rnhrd.nhs.uk/revisit_index.htm
Wiki-Links = |The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases NHS Trust is a small, specialist Trust in the centre of Bath.It was founded in
1738 as The Mineral Water Hospital, and is still known locally as "The Min". Then, it provided care for the impoverished sick who were attracted to Bath because of the supposed healing properties of themineral water from the spa. The original building was designed byJohn Wood the Elder and built withBath stone donated byRalph Allen . It was later enlarged, firstly in1793 by the addition of an attic storey and later in1860 by a second building erected on the west side of the earlier edifice. It is a Grade IIlisted building . [cite web | title=Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=443857 | accessdate=2006-06-24] There is a finepediment , in Bath stone, on the 1860 building depicting the parable of thegood Samaritan . The hospital possesses a number of interestingoil paintings , in particular a picture of Dr Oliver and Mr Peirce examining three patients in 1741. [cite web | title=An eighteenth century consultation | work=Medical Heritage of Great Britain | url=http://www.medicalheritage.co.uk/Bath/An%20eighteenth%20century%20consultation.htm | accessdate=2006-06-24]In 1993 it became an NHS Foundation Trust, specialising in Rheumatic Disease and Rehabilitation, which received a 3 star rating in 2005.
The Hospital provides local
Rheumatology services, and also has specialist clinics and services which attract referrals from a national population. Specialised clinics includeconnective tissue disease ,ankylosing spondylitis ,osteoporosis , and Pagets Disease. The hospital has a largebrain injury Neuro-Rehabilitation service with separate units for adults, adolescents and children.References
External links
* [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1993/Uksi_19932256_en_1.htm The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases National Health Service Trust (Transfer of Trust Property) Order 1993]
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