Cheltenham General Hospital

Cheltenham General Hospital
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
View of the hospital across the college cricket ground
Geography
Location	Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°35′31″N 2°04′19″W / 51.592°N 2.072°W / 51.592; -2.072Coordinates: 51°35′31″N 2°04′19″W / 51.592°N 2.072°W / 51.592; -2.072
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Hospital type	General
Services
Emergency department	Yes, 8AM - 8PM
History
Founded	1813
Links
Website	Website
Lists	Hospitals in the United Kingdom

Cheltenham General Hospital is an NHS district general hospital in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, run by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It provides general hospital services including Accident and Emergency.

The Cheltenham Provident Dispensary was founded in 1813, and in 1839 was moved to Seward House and was renamed Cheltenham General Hospital. The original building of the General Hospital in Sandford Road was built in 1848–49 to the design of D. J. Humphries and since then it served as the main Cheltenham hospital. It took over the operation of the Cheltenham Ophthalmic Hospital c.1882, and was brought under the control of the National Health Service in 1948.

Previous names of the institution are:

Cheltenham General Hospital provides general hospital services as well as some specialist services. There are 16 wards and a number of other specialist departments. It has a 24-hour emergency department. The specialist Oncology Centre is a centre of excellence and the hub of the Three Counties Cancer Network.

Additional specialisms include Ophthalmology, with an award winning cataract team and a Diabetic Eye Screening Unit, the first of its kind in the country.