John Radcliffe Hospital
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Oxford Oxfordshire, England, (UK) |
| Organisation | |
| Care System | Public NHS |
| Hospital Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated University | University of Oxford |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | Unknown |
| Speciality | Unknown |
| History | |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Links | |
| Website | Homepage |
| See also | Hospitals in England |
The John Radcliffe Hospital is a large tertiary teaching hospital in Oxford, UK. It is the main teaching hospital for Oxford University, and as such is a well developed centre of medical research. It also incorporates the Medical School of the University of Oxford. It was named after John Radcliffe, an 18th-century physician associated with Oxford.
The initial hospital building ("JR1"), built in the 1960s, accommodates only women's services and neonatology. A second, much larger building ("JR2") was later constructed containing most other specialist services for the region, the remainder located at the Radcliffe Infirmary and Churchill Hospital. With the closure of the Radcliffe Infirmary and consolidation of hospital sites in Oxford, a further large expansion involving the construction by of a new children's hospital and neurosciences/head and neck wing was undertaken by Carillion and completed in December 2006. Other facilities already on the site include the Medical School and the University of Oxford's Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain fMRI (FMRIB).
The distinctive large white-tiled building occupies a prominent position overlooking Oxford from Headington Hill with correspondingly sweeping views over Oxford and Oxfordshire.
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