St Catherine's Hospital
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St Catherine's Hospital is a mental healthcare hospital
located in Doncaster
, South Yorkshire
, approximately 3 miles from its centre.
There are 23 beds for inpatients in the hospital ward with Specialist Education and Day Centres
(Eclipse, Solar and Prosper Centres). Community Homes provide 197 places.
since 1992.
Tickhill Road Hospital is on the site of a former isolation hospital and sanatorium, built between 1835 and 1843.
The hospital consisted of two children's wards, where infectious diseases such as diphtheria
and polio were treated, a psychiatric unit, female chest unit and sanatorium
, and male sanatorium, which was located slightly away from the other wards. The original kitchen is still in use, as is the nurses' building. In the earliest days as an isolation, or 'fever', hospital, the porters had to post a daily information bulletin on the perimeter fence to give details of patients' conditions and of any deaths. 1966 saw the opening of the elderly care unit, with Ash, Elm and Pine Wards opened by The Lord Amulree MD FRCP on 12 October 1966. Linden Ward was added in the early 1970s. Its name was changed to Rowan Lodge, and it is now a stroke unit. These four wards, providing elderly rehabilitation services, transferred to management by the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from April 2002, to streamline services to patients leaving the acute hospital setting but needing further rehabilitation.
Loversall Hospital was situated on the St Catherine's hospital estate and closed in 2005. The building, of prefab type, was destroyed late 2005-late 2006. The last renmant of the hospital, a water tower, was pulled down in Spring 2006.
The hospital estate is home to other NHS
departments; Doncaster West headquarters, Health Promotion development Centre, RED Centre, Estates and IT
.
NHS Mental Health Services Trust
An NHS Mental Health Trust provides health and social care services for people with mental health problems in England. They are one kind of NHS trust, the regional organisations that together form the National Health Service....
located in Doncaster
Doncaster
Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...
, South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
, approximately 3 miles from its centre.
There are 23 beds for inpatients in the hospital ward with Specialist Education and Day Centres
(Eclipse, Solar and Prosper Centres). Community Homes provide 197 places.
History
The original hospital was founded in 1845 as the St Catherine's Institution. In 1959 it changed its name to St Catheirne's Hospital. The hospital was in the care of the local authority until 1948 and the NHS until 1992, it has been in the care of the Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS TrustDoncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust
The Doncaster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust, DaSH, is a Mental Healthcare Trust serving over 850 000 inhabitants of Doncaster, Rotherham and parts of South Humber. Its headquarters are situated at St Catherine's Hospital in Doncaster...
since 1992.
Tickhill Road Hospital is on the site of a former isolation hospital and sanatorium, built between 1835 and 1843.
Diphtheria
Diphtheria is an upper respiratory tract illness caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium. It is characterized by sore throat, low fever, and an adherent membrane on the tonsils, pharynx, and/or nasal cavity...
and polio were treated, a psychiatric unit, female chest unit and sanatorium
Sanatorium
A sanatorium is a medical facility for long-term illness, most typically associated with treatment of tuberculosis before antibiotics...
, and male sanatorium, which was located slightly away from the other wards. The original kitchen is still in use, as is the nurses' building. In the earliest days as an isolation, or 'fever', hospital, the porters had to post a daily information bulletin on the perimeter fence to give details of patients' conditions and of any deaths. 1966 saw the opening of the elderly care unit, with Ash, Elm and Pine Wards opened by The Lord Amulree MD FRCP on 12 October 1966. Linden Ward was added in the early 1970s. Its name was changed to Rowan Lodge, and it is now a stroke unit. These four wards, providing elderly rehabilitation services, transferred to management by the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from April 2002, to streamline services to patients leaving the acute hospital setting but needing further rehabilitation.
Loversall Hospital was situated on the St Catherine's hospital estate and closed in 2005. The building, of prefab type, was destroyed late 2005-late 2006. The last renmant of the hospital, a water tower, was pulled down in Spring 2006.
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
departments; Doncaster West headquarters, Health Promotion development Centre, RED Centre, Estates and IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
.
External links
- St Catherine's Hospital at the National Archives
- St Catherine's Hospital (DasH website)