- Warwick Hospital
Infobox Hospital
Name = Warwick Hospital
Org/Group = South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust
Caption = The main entrance on Lakin Road, Warwick.
Width = 300px
Location = Lakin Road,Warwick ,
Region =Warwickshire
State =England
Country = United Kingdom
HealthCare = NHS
Type = General
Speciality =
Emergency = Yes
Affiliation=University of Warwick
Beds = 350
Founded = 1848
Closed =
Website = http://www.warwickhospital.nhs.uk/
Wiki-Links =Warwick Hospital is situated on Lakin Road in the northwest of
Warwick ,Warwickshire , England. [cite web |url =http://www.warwickhospital.nhs.uk/patients_visitors/howtofindus.aspx| title = How to get there |publisher =NHS: South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust |accessdaymonth =20 April |accessyear = 2008] It has 350 beds and provides inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic services. [cite web| url =http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/Trust.aspx?id=RJC |title = South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust |publisher =NHS Choices |accessdaymonth =20 April |accessyear = 2008] Warwick Hospital andStratford Hospital comprise the service providers of the South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust, which employs over 2,200 people and serves a population of about 270,000.History
There have been at least three other hospital sites in Warwick before they moved onto the present site. The earliest known one was in the church during the reign of King Henry I. The second was
John The Baptist 's Hospital which was set up in the time of Henry II. The third, still standing, was theLord Leycester Hospital built in the times of Richard II. It is now been converted intoalmshouses for war veterans.The modern history of the hospital is linked closely with that of the town's
poorhouse , as was that of many European hospitals. The first hospital on the Union Road (now Lakin Road) site was built in 1848 next to the poorhouse. It was extended in 1857 and 1876 with achapel andmortuary following in 1883. In 1903 a new hospital was built and in 1930 the poorhouse became part of the hospital too. Parts of the current hospital date from 1903. The most recent major redevelopments include a re-vamp of theaccident and emergency department in 2001, a newoutpatients department in 2005 and a birthing pool in 2007.Gallery
References
See also
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University Hospital Coventry
*University of Warwick External links
*cite web|url= http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/pages/Hospital.aspx?id=RJC02&v=7 |title =NHS choices: Warwick Hospital| publisher =
National Health Service
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