Horton General Hospital

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The Horton General Hospital is a National Health Service run hospital, located on the Oxford Road, in Banbury. The hospital has 236 beds and was founded in 1872 by Mary-Ann Horton.

[edit] In the News

• In 2005 there were rumours that the hospital may close. This led Banbury MP, Tony Baldry, plus a large proportion of the town's population to start a campaign to keep the hospital open.

• In 2006 the Horton came into the limelight because Benjamin Geen, a nurse employed there, was convicted of two murders and fifteen counts of grievous bodily harm in April of that year. During December 2003 and January 2004 he had poisoned patients because he got a thrill out of trying to resuscitate them.

Banbury

Estates: Bretch Hill • Calthorpe • Cherwell Heights • College Fields • Easington • Grimsbury • Hardwick • Hanwell Fields • Neithrop • Ruscote • Poet's Corner Parks: Bankside Park • Browning Road Park • The Easington Rec • Horton View Sports Ground • Ironstones Park • Peoples Park • Princess Diana Park • Rugrats Park • Spiceball Park • St Louis Meadow Park • Yellow Park • Schools and Colleges Secondary: Banbury School • Drayton School • Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School and Sports College • Primary: Dashwood School • Grange School • Hanwell Fields Community School • Hardwick School • Harriers Ground Primary School • Hill View School • Orchard Fields Community School • Queensway School • St Leonard's School St John's Roman Catholic Primary School • St Mary's School • William Morris School • St John's Priory School • St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School • Colleges: Oxford and Cherwell Valley College Hospitals: Horton General Hospital Newspapers: Banbury Guardian newspaper • The Banbury Review Newspaper •