Bristol Royal Infirmary
| Bristol Royal Infirmary | |
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| University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust | |
Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) Looking north-east along Marlborough Street with the BRI hospital on the left.
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 Shown in Bristol
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| Geography | |
| Location | Bristol, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°27′34″N 2°35′46″W / 51.4594°N 2.5960°WCoordinates: 51°27′34″N 2°35′46″W / 51.4594°N 2.5960°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Bristol, Faculty of Health and Social Care University of the West of England |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Speciality | Cardiothoracic services for the South West region, Adult Cystic Fibrosis centre for Severn |
| History | |
| Founded | 1735 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
The Bristol Royal Infirmary, also known as the BRI, is a large teaching hospital situated in the centre of Bristol, England. It has links with the nearby University of Bristol and the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of the West of England, also in Bristol. It is currently undergoing a major redevelopment.
The BRI is one of eight hospitals within the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. It is located next to the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
The BRI is one of the oldest Infirmaries in the United Kingdom. A wealthy city merchant, Paul Fisher, was prominent in the foundation of the hospital in 1735. In 1904 Sir George White, who gave Bristol its first electric tramway service and established what was to become the Bristol Aeroplane Company, saved the hospital from debts of over £15,000 by increasing the number of subscribed donors and planning a fundraising carnival at Bristol Zoo. White was appointed president of the hospital in 1906. Recognising the need to modernise the hospital building to keep up with innovations in science and medicine, he established a £50,000 fund to build a new hospital building. As a result, the new Edward VII Memorial Wing designed by Charles Holden was completed in 1912.
Acquired by the National Health Service in 1948, the hospital's facilities were greatly extended in the 1960s. The Queen's Building extension opened in 1972. The Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre, located behind the main hospital building, opened in 1971.
Notable former medical staff include Geoffrey Tovey, serologist and founder of the UK Transplant Service.
The archives of the Bristol Royal Infirmary are held at Bristol Archives (Ref. 35893) (online catalogue). The School of Nursing (Ref. 38973) (online catalogue, (online catalogue), records of surgery and the dispensary (Ref. 38990) (online catalogue) and records relating to the 1991 inquiry into children’s heart surgery at the infirmary (Ref. 45591) (online catalogue) are also held at Bristol Archives, as well as photographs (Ref. 40660) (online catalogue). A substantial quanity of material about the history of the infirmary can be found in papers collected by the surgeon Richard Smith (Ref. 35893/36) (online catalogue) and (Ref. 14754) (online catalogue)
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