County Hospital, Stafford
| Stafford Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 350 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1983 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.midstaffs.nhs.uk/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Stafford Hospital is an acute hospital with approximately 350 inpatient beds, opened in 1983. It is the main hospital in Stafford, England.[1]
The hospital is operated and managed by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust and provides a wide range of non-specialist medical and surgical services. Stafford Hospital's Accident and Emergency unit is the only such facility in Stafford. Wards at Stafford Hospital are numbered, with the exception of the children's wards (known as the "Anson Suite"), which are named after local towns and landmarks (e.g. Shugborough Ward).[citation needed]
This hospital was built on the site of Coton Hill private psychiatric hospital which opened in 1854 and was demolished in 1976 with only the old chapel and gatehouse still visible.[2]. These buildings now form part of the Mid Staffordshire Postgraduate Medical Centre.
When the Stafford hospital site opened in 1983 it was named Stafford District General Hospital. The hospital was renamed Staffordshire General Hospital when Staffordshire General Infirmary, also in Stafford, closed in the early 1990s and services transferred.[3]
Stafford Hospital scandal
The hospital has been at the centre of the major scandal in which numerous newspapers estimated that because of the substandard care between 400 and 1200 more patients died between 2005 and 2008 than would be expected for the type of hospital.[4][5] The 2010 an independent investigation recommended that the regulator, Monitor, de-authorise the Foundation Trust status.[6] In June 2010, the new government announced that a full public inquiry is expected to report in March 2011.[7] The inquiry began on 8 November 2010.[8]
References
- ^ Investigation into Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (PDF), Healthcare Commission, March 2009, pp. 16–17, ISBN 978-1-84562-220-6, retrieved 6 May 2009
- ^ "Chapel, Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford". Staffordshire Past-Track. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ^ "About our Trust". Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ Rebecca Smith (Medical Editor) (18 March 2009). "NHS targets 'may have led to 1,200 deaths' in Mid-Staffordshire". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
{{cite news}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Emily Cook (18 March 2009). "Stafford hospital scandal: Up to 1,200 may have died over "shocking" patient care". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- ^ Robert Francis QC (24 February 2010). Robert Francis Inquiry report into Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. House of Commons. ISBN 978-0-10-296439-4. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ Nick Triggle (9 June 2010). "Public inquiry into scandal-hit Stafford Hospital". BBC. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ^ "Stafford Hospital public inquiry opens". BBC. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
External links
- Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust website
- Stafford Hospital, NHS Choices
- Hospital Radio Stafford
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