Salisbury District Hospital

Coordinates: 51°02′42″N 1°47′17″W / 51.045°N 1.788°W / 51.045; -1.788
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Salisbury District Hospital
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Main entrance, viewed from the west
Salisbury District Hospital is located in Wiltshire
Salisbury District Hospital
Shown in Wiltshire
Geography
LocationSalisbury, Wiltshire, England
Coordinates51°02′42″N 1°47′17″W / 51.045°N 1.788°W / 51.045; -1.788
Organisation
Care systemNHS England
TypeDistrict General
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds464 (April 2016)[1]
History
Opened1942
Links
Websitewww.salisbury.nhs.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Salisbury District Hospital is a large hospital on Odstock Road, Britford, Wiltshire, England, about 1+12 miles (2.4 km) south of the centre of the city of Salisbury. It is managed by the Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The first Odstock Hospital was constructed in

Prince and Princess of Wales in 1984.[2]

A new hospital, known as Salisbury District Hospital, was built on the site to replace the old Odstock Hospital, the Salisbury Infirmary in Fisherton Street and Newbridge Hospital, which had provided care for the elderly. The new hospital was officially opened by the Duchess of Kent in 1991.[3]

In March 2018, retired Colonel

Novichok agent.[4][5]

Services

In 2016 the hospital had over 4,000 members of staff and provided services to around 240,000 people in the counties of Wiltshire, Dorset and Hampshire.[1] It also has the longest running Skin Laser Clinic in the country.[6]

Archives

The Trust's arts department, ArtCare, was awarded a

Heritage Lottery Fund grant in 2016[7] toward a two-year project to conserve and digitise the hospital's collection of historic material.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Salisbury District Hospital – Inspection Summary". Care Quality Commission. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Hospital celebrates 21 years". Salisbury Journal. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. ^ "History of the Hospital". Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Visual guide: how the novichok suspects made their way to Salisbury". The Guardian. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. ^ Dearden, Dearden (7 March 2018). "Sergei Skripal poisoning: Investigators 'know more' about substance used against Russian spy and daughter, Home Secretary says". MSN. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Salisbury Laser Clinic – Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust". www.salisbury.nhs.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Schedule of Decisions" (pdf). Heritage Lottery Fund. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Salisbury Healthcare History". ArtCare. Retrieved 9 August 2018.

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