Yeovil Hospital
| Yeovil Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Somerset NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Yeovil District Hospital in 2011 | |
  Shown in Somerset | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Yeovil, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 50°56′43″N 2°38′02″W / 50.9452°N 2.6339°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | National Health Service |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 370 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Yeovil Hospital, previously known as Yeovil District Hospital, is a hospital in Yeovil, Somerset, England, managed by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The hospital has its origins in a general dispensary established at the suggestion of Dr Elias Taylor Warry in a cottage in Kingston in March 1858.[1] This was replaced by a purpose-built facility at Batt's Corner known as Fiveways Hospital in 1872.[2] This was, in turn, replaced by an improved facility in Bide's Gardens which was designed by Paul Waterhouse and officially opened as Yeovil General Hospital by the Prince of Wales on 19 July 1923.[3] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.[4]
The current facility was designed by Sir Percy Thomas & Son and construction started in Higher Kingston in 1968.[5] It was officially opened by Prince Edward, Duke of Kent on 15 October 1973.[5] It was refurbished, creating a new coronary care unit, intensive care unit and private patient ward at a cost of £9.3 million, in 2000.[5] A 24-bed extension was completed in April 2016.[6]
On 1 April 2023, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust merged with Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, which now manages the hospital.[7]
Notable staff
Between 1900 and 1941 three successive matrons of Yeovil Hospital had trained at The London Hospital under Eva Luckes.[8]
- Sarah Harriet Harris, (1860–1950), matron between 1900 and 1912.[9]
- Eleanor Rayner, (1867–1949), matron between 1913[10] and 1917.
- Ruth Anderson, (1880–1944),[11] matron for twenty five years between 1917[12] and 1941.[13]
References
- ^ "Yeovil General Dispensary". Yeovil History. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Fiveways Hospital". Yeovil History. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Yeovil General Hospital". Yeovil History. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Yeovil District Hospital, Yeovil". National Archives. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "Yeovil District Hospital". Yeovil History. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Yeovil District Hospital 24 bed modular ward extension". MTX Contracts. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Two Somerset NHS trusts merge to create unique NHS trust". Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons'? A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022)
- ^ "Resignations". The Nursing Record. 48 (1245): 108. 10 February 1912 – via Gale: Female Forerunners Worldwide.
- ^ "Appointments". The British Journal of Nursing. 50: 491. 14 June 1913 – via Gale: Historical Nursing Journals.
- ^ "Obituaries". Nursing Times. 40 (47): 795. 18 November 1944 – via Gale: Historical Nursing Journals.
- ^ "Appointments". The Nursing Record. 58 (1503): 48. 20 January 1917 – via Gale: Historical Nursing Journals.
- ^ "Correspondence". Nursing Times. 37 (1898): 750. 13 September 1941 – via Gale: Historical Nursing Journals.
External links
- Official website
- Yeovil Hospital on the NHS website
- Inspection reports from the Care Quality Commission