Southmead Hospital

Southmead Hospital
North Bristol NHS Trust

Southmead Hospital Training Centre
Shown in Bristol
Geography
Location Southmead, Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°29′49″N 2°35′38″W / 51.497°N 2.594°W / 51.497; -2.594Coordinates: 51°29′49″N 2°35′38″W / 51.497°N 2.594°W / 51.497; -2.594
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type District General
Affiliated university University of Bristol, Faculty of Health and Social Care University of West of England
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
History
Founded 1902
Links
Website www.nbt.nhs.uk
Lists Hospitals in England

Southmead Hospital is a large hospital, situated in the northern suburbs of Bristol, England, part of the North Bristol NHS Trust. The new hospital building called Brunel Building opened in May 2014, transferring most services including Accident and Emergency from Frenchay Hospital.[1] Notable former medical staff include Geoffrey Tovey, serologist and founder of the UK Transplant Service, which was initially based at the hospital.

History

Dr Gibson-Hill examines a patient at Southmead Hospital in 1942

The hospital opened in 1902 as a 64 bed workhouse for poor sick people. By 1911 there were 520 beds.

During World War I, the facilities were used as an army hospital.[2] The facilities reverted to a workhouse in the early 1920s and were then greatly extended to accommodate all the sick.

In 1924, the Southmead Infirmary was built and was later renamed Southmead Hospital.[3] The hospital has been greatly expanded and now covers 60 acres (240,000 m2).

Brunel building

In 2005, a major expansion was planned which included moving most services from Frenchay Hospital to the Southmead site. This resulted in Frenchay Hospital being downgraded to a Community Hospital. The project was finished in late 2013 and opened in April 2014.

Full approval for the project was given by the NHS South West board in January 2009.[4] In 2009, it was announced that Carillion was to design and build the hospital. The new building, built at the cost of £430 million, brings all the departments and services under one roof.[5]

A New Southmead building
The Brunel building under construction

The new hospital building called the Brunel building, named after Bristol engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, include 800 beds, 24 theatres, patient gardens, a public square, a helipad and visitors multi-storey car park.[6]

The new accident and emergency department was opened on 19 May 2014 transferring existing operations from Frenchay Hospital.[7]

Parking issues

Following the 2014 opening of the Brunel building, there is a shortage of parking spaces due to high demands at the hospital for visitors, patients and staff.[8] In 2014 and 2015, patients and visitors parked at the nearby Beaufort Way multi-storey car park, which is usually full, or on residential streets, which led to complaints from residents. 100 staff parking spaces were displaced for patients and visitors.[9] In addition, the completion of a multi-storey car park and other works, which will bring the total number of parking spaces at the hospital to 2,700, is delayed[9] until autumn 2016.[10]

Transport links

The following buses stop within the grounds of the hospital: 17/17A (Southmead Hospital to Keynsham), 18 (Emersons Green to Henbury), 24 (Southmead Hospital to Ashton Vale), 77 (Broadmead to Thornbury), 82 (Southmead Hospital to Wotton-under-Edge, via Yate), 501 (Bristol Parkway Station to Avonmouth), 502 (Bristol Parkway Station to Shirehampton), 505 (Southmead Hospital to Long Ashton), 506 (Southmead Hospital to Create Centre) and the 625 (Southmead Hospital to Severn Beach). The 2 (Stockwood to Cribbs Causeway) and the 76 (Hengrove to Cribbs Causeway) pass the hospital entrances.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New hospital move". North Bristol NHS Trust. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Southmead Hospital through the ages in never before seen online archives on new website". North Bristol NHS Trust. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Photographic archive of Southmead". Bristol Past. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "New hospitals for city approved". news.bbc.co.uk. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Bristol superhospital to cost £430 million". Bristol Post. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Design". North Bristol NHS Trust. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Southmead Hospital Bristol | North Bristol NHS Trust". Nbt.nhs.uk. 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  8. ↑ http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/11258047.Parking_woes_at___430m_Southmead_Hospital/
  9. 1 2 http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Hospital-staff-stripped-spaces-help-patients/story-25500348-detail/story.html
  10. ↑ "Southmead Hospital Site Redevelopment". Retrieved 28 Jun 2015. When Phase Two is complete one of the biggest improvements will be around on-site parking for patients, visitors and staff – bringing the total number of spaces up to 2,700 by Autumn 2016.

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