West Suffolk Hospital

West Suffolk Hospital
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
West Suffolk hospital main entranc
Shown in Suffolk
Geography
Location Hardwick Lane
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk, England
Coordinates 52°13′54″N 0°42′33″E / 52.2316°N 0.7092°E / 52.2316; 0.7092Coordinates: 52°13′54″N 0°42′33″E / 52.2316°N 0.7092°E / 52.2316; 0.7092
Organisation
Care system NHS England
Hospital type District general
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 430 (approx)
History
Founded 1825
Links
Website www.wsh.nhs.uk
Lists Hospitals in England

West Suffolk Hospital is a large district general hospital in Bury St Edmunds, England. It is managed by the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The hospital was built in a former Ordnance Depot in Hospital Road in Bury St Edmunds.[1] It was opened as the Bury and Suffolk General Hospital on 4 January 1825.[2] It was extended in 1861 and balconies were added in 1908.[1] It became the Suffolk General Hospital in 1902 and the West Suffolk General Hospital in 1929.[2]

After joining the National Health Service in 1948, it moved to Hardwick Lane in Bury St Edmunds in 1973.[2] The hospital received extensive publicity when Myra Hindley, the Moors murderer, died there in November 2002.[3] The Marquess of Bristol, whose former home was Ickworth House near Bury St Edmunds, opened a new Friends of the Hospital shop in June 2013.[4]

Services

The hospital provides accident & emergency, maternity, oncology and palliative care services.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Suffolk General Hospital". Bury Past an Present. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds". National Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Myra Hindley dies in hospital". guardian.co.uk. 15 November 2002. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Marquess cuts ribbon on bigger shop". Bury Free Press. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Clinical services". West Suffolk Hospital. West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
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