Luton and Dunstable University Hospital

Coordinates: 51°53′38″N 0°28′26″W / 51.894°N 0.474°W

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital
Geography
Location Luton, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system National Health Service
Hospital type General
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds 500
History
Founded 1937
Links
Website www.ldh.nhs.uk
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The Luton and Dunstable University Hospital is an acute hospital run by the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It provides medical and surgical services for over 350,000 people in Bedfordshire, the north of Hertfordshire and parts of Buckinghamshire. The hospital is often abbreviated to the 'L&D', and employs 3,400 staff.[1]

History

The first hospital opened in 1872 and was a modest cottage hospital which then became the Bute Hospital which opened in 1882, built on land donated by the Marquis of Bute. In 1902 the site was enlarged to a 40-bed establishment but a few years later there was insufficient space for expansion so it was decided to build another hospital. Ten acres of land, situated in the English countryside between Luton and Dunstable were purchased from Electrolux and a new hospital was built. The hospital was opened by Queen Mary on 14 February 1939.[2]

Patient safety

Luton and Dunstable has been a Safer Patient Initiative site since 2004. Reducing the hospital’s mortality rate was a priority for Chief Executive Stephen Ramsden, who believes that saving patient lives must be at the top of all chief executives’ agendas. [3]

Stephen Ramsden was appointed the director of the National Patient Safety Campaign.,[4] after the hospital won[5]The Health Foundation's Safer Patients Initiative. He also received an OBE for services to healthcare.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The L&D Today". Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "About Us The Origins and History of the L&D". Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Reducing avoidable mortality: Chief Executives lead the way". NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. June 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  4. ↑ http://www.patientsafetycongress.co.uk/page.cfm/Link=86/nocache=true[]
  5. ↑ "Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust selected as winner of The Health Foundation's Safer Patients Initiative". The Health Foundation. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  6. ↑ "NHS leaders honoured for services to healthcare". Health Service Journal. 02/01/2008. Retrieved 4 December 2010. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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