Princess Royal Hospital (Telford)

For other hospitals named "Princess Royal" see Princess Royal Hospital.

Princess Royal Hospital
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Princess Royal Hospital
Shown in Shropshire
Geography
Location Telford, Shropshire, England
Coordinates 52°42′43″N 2°30′43″W / 52.712°N 2.512°W / 52.712; -2.512Coordinates: 52°42′43″N 2°30′43″W / 52.712°N 2.512°W / 52.712; -2.512
Organisation
Care system NHS
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Keele University Medical School
Staffordshire University
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 327
History
Founded 1989
Links
Website www.sath.nhs.uk

The Princess Royal Hospital is a teaching hospital located in Apley Castle, Telford, England. It forms the Telford site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and serves patients in Telford and Wrekin, the rest of Shropshire, and Powys, in conjunction with the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The trust is currently under the leadership of chair Ben Reid OBE and chief executive Simon Wright.[1]

History

The hospital, which is laid out using the nucleus design concept with a standard cruciform floor plan template with facilities on each side of a hospital 'street',[2] was completed in 1989.[3]

In 2012, a re-organisation took place whereby inpatient general and vascular services were consolidated at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, while inpatient children's, maternity, gynaecological and breast surgery beds were concentrated on the Princess Royal Hospital site.[4] Balfour Beatty carried out the works to build a new new Women and Children's Unit at the Princess Royal Hospital.[5]

The Trust was fined £333,000 in November 2017 after four patients sustained fatal falls at the Princess Royal Hospital between June 2011 and November 2012.[6]

In July 2018 fears were expressed by the local council that overnight accident and emergency closures could be on the horizon for the hospital.[7]

Services

The hospital has 327 inpatient beds.[8]

Notable patients

Those reported to have died at the hospital include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "More than 8,500 patients seen in A&E in a month as Shropshire hospitals record worst waiting times". Shropshire Star. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Nucleus hospitals" (PDF). British Medical Journal. 31 January 1976.
  3. ↑ "Shropshire in the 20th Century". Shropshire History. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Decisions made by NHS Boards". The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Balfour gets start date for £28m Telford hospital job". Construction Enquirer. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Hospital's poor patient protection leads to £333,000 fine for NHS Trust". IOSH Magazine. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Fears overnight A&E closure could be on the horizon for Telford". Shropshire Star. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Operating Plan 2013/14" (PDF). Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "County miner's son had 15 roles in Doctor Who - The final curtain for acting star Norman". Shropshire Star. 18 May 2013. p. 4. Report by Toby Neal.
  10. ↑ "Ex-Villa Star Dies in Taser Shooting". Shropshire Star. 16 August 2016. p. 1. Special Report by Jordan Reynolds and Mark Andrews.
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