St Catherine's Hospital

Infobox Hospital
Name = St Catherine's Hospital
Org/Group = Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust


Caption =

Location = Doncaster
Region = South Yorkshire
State = England
Country = UK
HealthCare = NHS
Type = Specialist
Speciality = Psychiatric hospital
Emergency = Yes
Affiliation=
Beds = 23
Founded = 1928
Closed =
Website = http://www.dash.nhs.uk Trust
Wiki-Links = |

St Catherine's Hospital is a mental healthcare hospital located in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, approximately 3 miles from its centre.

There are 23 beds for inpatients in the hospital ward with Specialist Education and Day Centres(Eclipse, Solar and Prosper Centres). Community Homes provide 197 places.

History

The original hospital was founded in 1928 as the St Catherine's Institution. In 1959 it changed its name to St Catheirne's Hospital. The hospital was in the care of the local authority until 1948 and the NHS until 1992, it has been in the care of the Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust since 1992.

Tickhill Road Hospital is on the site of a former isolation hospital and sanatorium, built between 1928 and 1930. from April 2002, to streamline services to patients leaving the acute hospital setting but needing further rehabilitation.

Loversall Hospital was situated on the St Catherine's hospital estate and closed in 2005. The building, of prefab type, was destroyed late 2005-late 2006. The last renmant of the hospital, a water tower, was pulled down in Spring 2006.The hospital estate is home to other NHS departements; Doncaster West headquarters, Health Promotion development Centre, RED Centre, Estates and IT.

External links

* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=299&page=57 St Catherine's Hospital] at the National Archives
* [http://www.dash.nhs.uk/facilities/facility_maps/details.asp?MenuBar_ID=4&ID=4 St Catherine's Hospital] (DasH website)