Royal United Hospital

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**Royal United Hospital**
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NHS Trust
Trust name	Bath Royal United Hospital NHS Trust
Location
Place	Bath
Local authority	Bath and North East Somerset
Services
Hospital type	District General
A&E present?	Yes
Statistics
No. of employees	3,500
In patients	30,241 (2004-2005)
Out patients	251,208 (2004-2005)
History
Key dates	Opened 1932
Links
Website	[1]
Wiki-Links	National Health Service
	List of UK Hospitals

The Royal United Hospital is located in the Weston suburb of Bath, about 1½ miles from Bath city centre.

The Royal United Hospital takes its name from the union of the Bath Casualty Hospital founded in 1788 and the Bath City Dispensary and Infirmary founded in 1792. The Casualty Hospital was founded in response to the serious injuries sustained to labourers working on the buildings which were being constructed in the city. The Dispensary and Infirmary developed from the Bath Pauper Scheme, a charity founded in 1747 to provide medical treatment for destitute persons in Bath.

The combined institution opened in 1826 in Beau Street in a building designed by John Pinch the elder. It was awarded the title Royal by Queen Victoria in 1864. The building is now occupied by Bath Technical College.

The hospital moved to its present site, Combe Park, on 11 December 1932. In 1959 it absorbed the Ear Nose and Throat Hospital and in 1973 the Bath Eye Infirmary. It became an NHS Hospital Trust in 1992.

The hospital has 687 beds and occupies a 52-acre site.