| Tameside General Hospital | |
| Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation | |
|---|---|
| The original hospital building on Darnton Road | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | District General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| History | |
| Closed | No |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Tameside General Hospital is an National Health Service (NHS) hospital situated in Ashton-under-Lyne. Run by Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, it serves the surrounding area of Tameside in Greater Manchester, and the town of Glossop in Derbyshire. Employing just under 2,500 staff, the hospital provides a wide array of healthcare one would associate with general hospitals, including Accident and Emergency services, and full consultant-led obstetric and paediatric hospital services for women, children and babies. In 2005 the hospital received the maximum three star rating from the Healthcare Commission in recognition of the quality of its services[1], and was granted Foundation Trust status on 1 February 2008. However, in 2009 it was identified as having the third highest mortality rate in England.
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Tameside Hospital has been around in one form or another since its foundation in 1861 by founders Samuel Oldham and Henry Darnton. Oldham's stated intention in founding Ashton District Infirmary was to create an institution "for the relief and cure of sick and indigent persons resident, employed, or having been employed within 3½ miles of Ashton Town Hall." After its formation a separate workhouse was built nearby.
Upon the formation of the NHS in 1948, the old hospital joined with the buildings of the old workhouse to form the new Ashton-under-Lyne General Hospital, now dedicated to fulfilling the NHS's ideals of providing healthcare to all, regardless of ability to pay. The hospital changed its name to Tameside General Hospital in 1976, following the establishment of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council in 1974 and over the following decades new buildings were built to provide better standards of care for local people.
Located near the Pennines, eight miles east of Manchester, the hospital serves a population of over 250,000. The population is concentrated in the largely urban areas of the townships of Tameside (Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Longdendale, Mossley and Stalybridge) which comprises Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Glossop, with its population of approximately 28,000 is part of Derbyshire High Peak Borough Council, which provides the challenges of a more rural community.
Work to rebuild Tameside General Hospital started in Autumn 2006 at a projected cost of £112 million.[2]
The new facilities are:
The new buildings were completed on 6/12/2010. A large portion of these contributed to the Hartshead South building.[3]