Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham Park Hospital is a large NHS hospital with Accident and Emergency, trauma, orthopaedic, paediatric and maternity departments in a northern projection of the borough of Slough.

The hospital is managed by Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The hospital buildings are late 20th and early 21st century.

In management the hospital was part of Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust before merger into the managing Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in October 2014.

Geography

The hospital is in a projection of the borough of Slough, containing only the hospital, and part of the large northern tract of Slough that was traditionally in Wexham, Buckinghamshire which also, as such, gives its name to one of Slough's electoral wards, Wexham Lea. The site adjoins urban and suburban housing to the south, Stoke Green cricket ground to the south-west past a relatively small lake and well-established School of Nursing. The east also enjoys its own lake beside which a group of 41 staggered terraced houses which has been ceded from the hospital's land in the south-east corner of square grounds. The south and west of the hospital square is formed by roads, with the mentioned school of nursing and accommodation forming having pedestrian access only to the main car parks and having its own vehicular access along the southern periphery. Various access points are on these two roads however the main access is off east-west Wexham Park Lane turning north and then turning east, with all of the public car parks.

See also

• List of hospitals in England

References

External links

• http://www.heatherwoodandwexham.nhs.uk/

Coordinates: 51°31′55″N 0°34′34″W / 51.532°N 0.576°W / 51.532; -0.576