Derriford Hospital
| Derriford Hospital | |
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| Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust | |
The front entrance to the Hospital
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| Geography | |
| Location | Derriford, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Peninsula Medical School |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 900 |
| History | |
| Founded | 9 June 1981 (official opening) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Coordinates: 50°24′58″N 4°06′51″W / 50.4162°N 04.1141°W
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust runs Derriford Hospital a large teaching hospital in Plymouth, England. The hospital serves Plymouth and nearby areas of Devon and Cornwall. It also provides tertiary cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery and renal transplant surgery for the whole of the South West Peninsula. It was designated a Regional Trauma Centre in 2013. A helipad capable of night operation was opened in 2015, to replace the existing daytime-only grass pad. The hospital is used for clinical training of medical students from the Peninsula Medical School which is maintained by the University of Plymouth and the University of Exeter. It is one of five hospitals with an attached MOD hospital unit to cater to service personnel.
Plymouth has had several hospitals, dating back to the middle of the 19th century, and in the 1950, there was a proposal for a single hospital for the Plymouth area. The regional hospital board decided that this would be built at Derriford, at the cost of £2 million (equivalent to £61,801,176 in 2015) The planned hospital was expected to have around 900 beds, and would be built service by service as the other hospitals around Plymouth are closed.
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