George Eliot Hospital
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The George Eliot Hospital is a Hospital which is in the town of Nuneaton in Warwickshire.
The Hospital was built as a replacement for the Manor Hospital in the Town which has since turned to a private hospital.
The Hospital is one of many buildings named after the famous author George Eliot who was born in Nuneaton.
The hospital itself contains several surgical and medical wards named after characters within George Eliot novels, such as Felix Holt and Mary Garth wards. The hospital also has developed a new educational centre known as "GETEC" completed in late 2006.The wards contained in the hospital are as follows: Nason Ward (General Surgery) Alexandra Ward (Orthopedic Surgery) Victoria Ward (Orthopedic Surgery) Melly Ward (General Surgery) Lydgate Ward (Gastrointestinal medicine) Bob Jakin (Respiratory medicine) Dolly Winthrop (Haematological medicine) Felix Holt (Stoke Medicine/Unit) Adam Bede (General) Elizabeth Ward (Medicine) D.P.U - Day Procedures Unit E.M.U - Emergency Medical Unit Accident and Emergency SAU - Surgical Assessment Unit Outpatients Maternity Units. Endoscopy.
The hospital also contains two theatres, one on the ground floor known as twin theatres and one on the first floor known as main theatres.
An Acute health trust report has recently suggested that the George Eliot Hospital should be downgraded and most of its services moved to the new University Hospital Coventry in the Walsgrave area of Coventry which is nearby.
However there is local opposition to the plan with protests over the report with protests in Nuneaton and in London. Local MP's Bill Olner and Mike O'Brien have been seen as weak to oppose the Hospital's downgrading.
Nurses and HCA's at the hospital can be identified by the following colours : Blue - Staff Nurses Navy Blue - Ward Sister Burgundy - Ward Senior Sister/ Ward Manager Light Green - Health Care Support Workers. Teal - Specialist Sisters
