Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
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The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is a hospital
in Shrewsbury
, Shropshire
, England
. It forms the Shrewsbury
site for the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
The hospital was founded in 1979 following the closure of the Royal Salop Infirmary that occupied a position in the centre of Shrewsbury. The site of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital was already occupied by Copthorne
Hospital and Copthorne
Maternity Hospital which were situated either side of Mytton Oak Road. The Maternity Hospital had been opened in July 1968 by Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
.
The hospital underwent further expansion with the closure of the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, also situated in the centre of Shrewsbury
.
In 2004 Copthorne Hospital closed and all departments transferred across Mytton Oak Road. The current hospital now occupies one site on the north side of Mytton Oak Road.
The hospital is linked to Keele University
for the clinical training of medical students and also to Staffordshire University
for nursing and midwifery training.
It has an air ambulance landing spot about 50 yards away from the main entrance.
This is also the hospital in which Peter Postlethwaite died
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
in Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...
, 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
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It forms the Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...
site for the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
The hospital was founded in 1979 following the closure of the Royal Salop Infirmary that occupied a position in the centre of Shrewsbury. The site of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital was already occupied by Copthorne
Copthorne
- Place names :* Copthorne, Cheshire, England* Copthorne, Cornwall* Copthorne, Shropshire, England* Copthorne, West Sussex, England* Copthorne in Surrey, England- Companies :* Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, a division of City Developments Limited...
Hospital and Copthorne
Copthorne
- Place names :* Copthorne, Cheshire, England* Copthorne, Cornwall* Copthorne, Shropshire, England* Copthorne, West Sussex, England* Copthorne in Surrey, England- Companies :* Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, a division of City Developments Limited...
Maternity Hospital which were situated either side of Mytton Oak Road. The Maternity Hospital had been opened in July 1968 by Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester was a member of the British Royal Family, the wife and then widow of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of George V and Queen Mary.The daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, Scotland’s largest landowner, her brothers Walter and...
.
The hospital underwent further expansion with the closure of the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, also situated in the centre of Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...
.
In 2004 Copthorne Hospital closed and all departments transferred across Mytton Oak Road. The current hospital now occupies one site on the north side of Mytton Oak Road.
The hospital is linked to Keele University
Keele University
Keele University is a campus university near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as an experimental college dedicated to a broad curriculum and interdisciplinary study, Keele is most notable for pioneering the dual honours degree in Britain...
for the clinical training of medical students and also to Staffordshire University
Staffordshire University
Staffordshire University is a university with its main campus based in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and with other campuses in Stafford, Lichfield and Shrewsbury.- History :...
for nursing and midwifery training.
It has an air ambulance landing spot about 50 yards away from the main entrance.
This is also the hospital in which Peter Postlethwaite died