Derbyshire Royal Infirmary

London Road Community Hospital
Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Shown in Derbyshire
Geography
Location Derby, England
Coordinates 52°54′58″N 1°28′06″W / 52.91600°N 1.46844°W / 52.91600; -1.46844Coordinates: 52°54′58″N 1°28′06″W / 52.91600°N 1.46844°W / 52.91600; -1.46844
Organisation
Care system NHS
History
Founded 1810 (as the William Strutt Infirmary)
Links
Website www.derbyhospitals.nhs.uk
Lists Hospitals in England

The London Road Community Hospital is a hospital in Derby that is part of the Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.[1] The other main hospital in Derby is the Royal Derby Hospital.

History

William Strutt Infirmary

The original hospital in the area, the old William Strutt Infirmary, was the inspiration of William Strutt, a cotton manufacturer.[2] It opened in what is now Bradshaw Way, Derby in 1810.[3]

Derbyshire Royal Infirmary

In 1890, during the year that he was Mayor of Derby, Sir Alfred Seale Haslam managed to replace the old William Strutt Infirmary with the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary. That year there had been an outbreak of disease at the old infirmary and Sir William Evans, President of the Infirmary arranged a three-day inspection which condemned the old building.[4] When Queen Victoria came to open the new hospital on 21 May 1891 she knighted Haslam for his services and gave permission for the term "Royal" to be used.[4] The Derbyshire Royal Infirmary opened in 1894.[3] Following the opening of the Royal Derby Hospital in 2010 most of buildings associated with the infirmary at London Road were demolished in spring 2015;[5] however a facade with its two "pepper-pot towers" dating back to 1894 was retained.[6]

London Road Community Hospital

The only healthcare presence at London Road is now the London Road Community Hospital: it is a modern facility further south-east along London Road which provides community services including rehabilitation and intermediate care, inpatient facilities and some outpatient services.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Derby Hospitals website". Derbyhospitals.nhs.uk. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  2. ↑ Elliott, Paul (2000). "The Derbyshire General Infirmary and the Derby Philosophers: The Application of Industrial Architecture and Technology to Medical Institutions in Early-Nineteenth-Century England". Medical History. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Derbyshire Royal Infirmary". National Archives. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  4. 1 2 Permanent Record of Queen Victoria's State Visit to Derby. Market Place, Derby: W.Hobson. 1891.
  5. ↑ "Derby Royal Infirmary site: Demolition work begins". BBC. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Thousands sign petition against demolition of Derby's 'pepper pot' towers". Derby Telegraph. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "London Road Community Hospital". Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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