Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Coordinates: 52°42′32″N 2°47′35″W / 52.709°N 2.793°W / 52.709; -2.793

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Geography
Location	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Keele University Medical School Staffordshire University
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	492
History
Founded	1979 (successor to Royal Salop Infirmary)
Links
Website	http://www.sath.nhs.uk

The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is a teaching hospital in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It forms the Shrewsbury site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, serving patients from Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin) and Powys, in conjunction with the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford.

The hospital was founded in 1979 following the closure of the Royal Salop Infirmary that occupied a position in the centre of Shrewsbury. The site of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital was already occupied by Copthorne Hospital and Copthorne Maternity Hospital which were situated either side of Mytton Oak Road. The Maternity Hospital had been opened in July 1968 by Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester.

The hospital underwent further expansion with the closure of the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, also situated in the centre of Shrewsbury, in the late 1990s.

In 2004 Copthorne Hospital closed and all departments transferred across Mytton Oak Road. The current hospital now occupies one site on the north side of Mytton Oak Road.

The hospital is linked to Keele University for the clinical training of medical students, Staffordshire University for nursing and midwifery training and Birmingham City University for the clinical training of Radiography/Radiotherapy students.

It has an air ambulance landing site about 50 yards away from the main entrance.

See also

• Princess Royal Hospital, Telford - the other site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
• The North Wales Regional Hospital, Wrexham Maelor - the hospital with the largest A&E department and the most inpatient beds in the region.

External links

• Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

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