Cheltenham General Hospital

Cheltenham General Hospital is an NHS district general hospital in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, run by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It provides general hospital services including Accident and Emergency.

Cheltenham General Hospital
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
View of the hospital across the college cricket ground
Shown in Gloucestershire
Geography
LocationSandford Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Coordinates51.8925°N 2.0715°W / 51.8925; -2.0715
Organisation
Care systemNational Health Service
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentYes
History
Opened1813
Links
Websitewww.gloshospitals.nhs.uk

History

The Cheltenham Provident Dispensary was founded in 1813, and after moving to Seward House, was renamed Cheltenham General Hospital in 1839. The new General Hospital building in Sandford Road was designed by D. J. Humphries and built between 1848 and 1849 and since then it served as the main hospital in Cheltenham. It took over the operation of the Cheltenham Ophthalmic Hospital c.1882, and joined the National Health Service in 1948.[1]

The popular entertainer Eric Morecambe died at the hospital in 1984.[2]

Services

Cheltenham General Hospital provides general hospital services as well as some specialist services. There are 16 wards and a number of other specialist departments. It has a 24-hour emergency department. The specialist Oncology Centre is a centre of excellence and the hub of the Three Counties Cancer Network. Additional specialisms include Ophthalmology, with a Diabetic Eye Screening Unit.[3]

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See also

References
  1. "Records of Cheltenham General Hospital". The National Archives. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  2. McGann, (1999), p. 300
  3. "Eye Screening Research Project". Diabetes UK. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

Sources
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