Northern General Hospital England
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Fir Vale, Sheffield Yorkshire and the Humber, England, (? country) |
| Organization | |
| Care System | NHS |
| Hospital Type | Teaching / large acute |
| Affiliated University | Sheffield Medical School (University of Sheffield) |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | YES |
| Beds | 1100 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1876 (as Fir Vale Workhouse)[1] |
| Links | |
| Website | Homepage |
| See also | List of hospitals in England |
Northern General Hospital, England is a large teaching hospital in Sheffield, England. It hosts most major departments, including a busy Accident and Emergency for adults (children being catered for at the Sheffield Children's Hospital) on Western Bank).
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[edit] History
The Hospital started as Fir Vale Workhouse in the 1876's, which also contained the Smilter Lane/Herries Road Children's Homes.
By 1967, the site contained two Hospitals which had grown out of the Workhouse; Fir Vale Infirmary and the City General Hospital. This site was then renamed as the Northern General Hospital[2]
[edit] The Hospital Today
Currently, the hospital consists of six wings[3]. Many of the older wings are named after famous families and individuals from Sheffield, particularly in the steel industry These are:
- Huntsman Building - named for Benjamin Huntsman, mostly orthopaedics, but also contains the A&E, HDU, ITU and X-Ray departments, the theatres, one of four Outpatients' departments and a large dinning room.
- Firth Wing - named for Mark Firth and containing CCU, Vascular surgery and other surgical wards.
- Chesterman Wing, the regional cardiology centre
- Vickers Corridor - named for Edward Vickers, primarily used for Geriatrics, Renal and endocrine disease, as well as containing departmetns of Sheffield Medical School and the Sheffield Kidney Institute
- Sorby Wing - named for Henry Clifton Sorby
- Osborn Building - named for John Osborn (politician)John Osborn, the spinal unit
- Brearley Wing - named for Harry Brearley, and containing the rehabilitation wards and a dinning area
- Bev Stokes Day-surgery unit
- A miriad of other buildings, including the Longley Centre for psychiatry, the Oakwood Young Peoples Centre, Rivermead Unit, Sam Fox House and the Medical Education Centre (for undergraduate and postgraduate medical training, the Clock Tower, containing dining facilities, a gym, MacMillan Cancer Unit and five other outpatients' departments.
[edit] Future
The hospital is currently being expanded, and as part of this proposal, the Therapy Services OPD for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy have already opened. There is a new seven-storey wing with three blocks months from completion. It is not yet known which departments will move into this block, but it is suspected that those currently in the Vicker's Corridor will do so, aloowing the the latter to be demolished for a more up-to-date facility and/or a multi-storey car park
[edit] References
- ^ Sheffield's Fir Vale Workhouse & old Hospital. Retrieved on 2006-12-6.
- ^ Pilkington, Scott. Northern General Hospital History Project. Retrieved on 2006-12-6.
- ^ Northern General Hospital site map.
