Princess Royal Hospital (Telford)
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The Princess Royal Hospital is at Apley Castle
Apley Castle
Apley Castle was a medieval fortified manor in the village of Hadley, Shropshire, England.-History:Apley Castle was a moated, fortified manor house in Hadley near Shrewsbury. By the early 14th century the manor was owned by the Charlton family, who had become major landowners in the region, and in...

, Telford
Telford
Telford is a large new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, approximately east of Shrewsbury, and west of Birmingham...

, Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

, England
England
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. It forms the Telford site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and serves patients in Shropshire and Mid Wales in conjunction with the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is a hospital in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It forms the Shrewsbury site for the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust....

.

Beds at Princess Royal Hospital:
  • 330 inpatient beds including Intensive Care, Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics and Rehabilitation
  • 24 surgical day case beds
  • 20 station renal dialysis unit (13 stations are currently in use, with a further seven available as the need for renal dialysis grows in future)
  • 14-bed midwife-led maternity unit


The hospital was built in the late 1980s and is built in accordance with a standard pavilion design with all the wards being perpendicular to a long linear corridor http://www.thetimechamber.co.uk/Sites/Hospital/History/Layout.php
. The building is situated just outside the Wellington, Shropshire
Wellington, Shropshire
Wellington is a town in the unitary authority of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England and now forms part of the new town of Telford. The population of the parish of Wellington was recorded as 20,430 in the 2001 census, making it the third largest town in Shropshire if...

 area of Telford on a relatively spacious site, and all the departments are shared amongst two levels. According to the trust which runs the hospital, it is likely that the hospital will acquire the Chidrens, Maternity, Gynaecological and Breast Surgery services from the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is a hospital in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It forms the Shrewsbury site for the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust....

, and the Vascular and Epigastric and Colorectal Surgery will move over to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is a hospital in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It forms the Shrewsbury site for the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust....

http://www.sath.nhs.uk/media/news_archive/NHS_Board_Decisions_24_March.aspx
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