Salford Royal Hospital

Salford Royal Hospital (formerly known as Hope Hospital), is a large university teaching hospital in Pendleton, Salford, England operated by Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. It is one of the top performing hospitals in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3][4]

Salford Royal Hospital
Hope Building, Salford Royal Hospital
Location within Greater Manchester
Geography
LocationPendleton, Salford, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates53.48807°N 2.32139°W / 53.48807; -2.32139
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityUniversity of Manchester
University of Salford
Services
Emergency departmentLevel 1 Trauma Centre
Beds728
History
Opened1882
Links
ListsHospitals in England

History
The former Salford Royal Hospital in Chapel Street (now luxury flats)
The Clinical Sciences Building, at the former Hope Hospital in Eccles Road

The original hospital in Salford was established in Chapel Street, Salford in 1827 and was known as the Salford and Pendleton Dispensary.[5] It became the Salford and Pendleton Royal Hospital and Dispensary in 1847 and the Salford Royal Hospital in the 1870s.[5] In June 1941, during the Manchester Blitz, the hospital on Chapel Street was struck by German bombs and 14 nurses died.[6] Following the formation of the NHS Trust in 1990 and budget cuts imposed by the Government in the early 1990s, the hospital on Chapel Street closed in 1994 and was converted into luxury flats.[7] A memorial stone tablet to commemorate the nurses killed during the blitz remains above the original Chapel Street entrance.[6]

Meanwhile the original hospital in Hope, which was built on the south side of Eccles Road between 1880 and 1882 to accommodate sick paupers working at the local workhouse, was known as the Salford Union Infirmary.[8] The hospital became known as Hope Hospital, taking the name of the medieval Hope Hall, which had been demolished in 1956.[9] A redevelopment scheme for Hope Hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2007. The construction work, which was designed by Ryder / HKS[10] and carried out by Balfour Beatty at a cost of £136 million, was completed in 2012.[11] The hospital at Hope was rebranded as the Salford Royal Hospital during the redevelopment.[7]

In January 2018 it was announced that a major trauma centre, complete with a helipad, would be built at the Salford Royal Hospital at a cost of £48 million.[12] It is intended that 90 per cent of all major trauma patients in Greater Manchester area will be treated there once it is completed.[12]

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See also

References

Citations

  1. "Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is awarded Outstanding rating by Chief Inspector of Hospitals". www.cqc.org.uk.
  2. "Hospital trust rated 'outstanding'". BBC News. 27 March 2015.
  3. "What makes Salford Royal Hospital 'outstanding'". ITV News.
  4. Ankers, Wayne (28 March 2015). "David Cameron visits 'outstanding' Salford Royal to promise seven-day NHS". Manchester Evening News.
  5. "The Former Salford Royal Hospital - Chapel Street". Manchester History. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. "Nurse remembers blitz victims at old bomb-site". Manchester Evening News. 17 February 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  7. "Royal approval in hospital revamp". Manchester Evening News. 13 September 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  8. Cooper 2005, p. 162
  9. Cooper 2005, p. 84
  10. "Hope hospital, Salford" (PDF). Hanson. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  11. "Balfour Beatty sells Salford PFI stake for £22m". Insider Media. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  12. "Salford Royal Hospital to get £48m major trauma centre ... complete with a helipad". Manchester Evening News. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

Bibliography

  • Cooper, Glynis (2005), Salford: An Illustrated History, The Breedon Books Publishing Company, ISBN 1-85983-455-8
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