Churchill Hospital
| Churchill Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust | |
 The front of Churchill Hospital | |
  Location within Oxfordshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Oxford Oxford Brookes University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 180 in-patient 100 day care |
| History | |
| Opened | 1942 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.oxfordradcliffe.nhs.uk/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
The Churchill Hospital is a teaching hospital in Oxford, England. It is managed by the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The original hospital on the site was built in 1940 with the intention of providing medical aid to people suffering orthopaedic injuries as a result of air raids during the Second World War.[1] This proved unnecessary, and the building was leased to the United States Army medical services, who were relocating from Basingstoke.[2] The new American hospital was named after Sir Winston Churchill, the then Prime Minister,[1] and was opened by the Duchess of Kent on 27 January 1942.[3]
The US Army left the hospital at the end of the war and it was taken over by the local council and reopened as a conventional hospital in January 1946.
On 4 January 2021, the hospital was the first to administer the
Facilities
As well as being an important centre for the treatment of
See also
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Radcliffe Infirmary
- Old Road Campus
- Oxford Vaccine Group
- List of hospitals in England
- List of former United States Army medical units
References
- ^ a b c Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C J; Hassall, T G; Jessup, Mary; Selwyn, Nesta (1979). "'Public Services', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 4, the City of Oxford, ed. Alan Crossley and C R Elrington". London: British History Online. pp. 350–364. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ Dyke, Lester Maris (1966). Oxford Angel: the 91st General Hospital in World War II.
- ^ a b "Our history". Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Alfred McAlpine JV wins £125m hospital contract". Building. 19 December 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Covid: Oxford vaccine rollout under way across the UK". BBC News. BBC. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Churchill Hospital". Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
