Frenchay Hospital
| Frenchay Hospital | |
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| North Bristol NHS Trust | |
Frenchay Hospital, middle entrance
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 Shown in Bristol
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| Geography | |
| Location | Frenchay, South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°29′52″N 2°31′30″W / 51.4977°N 2.5249°WCoordinates: 51°29′52″N 2°31′30″W / 51.4977°N 2.5249°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | District General |
| Affiliated university | University of Bristol, Faculty of Health and Social Care University of West of England |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| History | |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.nbt.nhs.uk |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Frenchay Hospital was a large hospital situated in Frenchay, South Gloucestershire, on the north east outskirts of Bristol, England. It was part of the North Bristol NHS Trust.
From April to December 2014 Frenchay Hospital was progressively closed, with the majority of services moving to a new building at Southmead Hospital. Accident and Emergency was transferred on 19 May 2014. Child services moved to the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. A few services relating to brain and head injuries remained at the site after December 2014.
The hospital, situated in the grounds of a Georgian mansion, Frenchay Park, started life as a TB hospital (Frenchay Park Sanatorium) in 1921, when Bristol Corporation acquired the land. In 1931, five purpose-built buildings were constructed to extend the hospital beyond the original house.
Concerns about the possibility of heavy bombing casualties led to the hospital being greatly expanded between 1938 and early 1942. Although Bristol was severely bombed, the new facilities remained unused.
When US forces arrived in 1942, the city handed the new hospital facilities over to the Americans, as a sort of reverse Lend-Lease. The initial units of the Medical Corps were the 2nd and 77th Evacuation Hospitals and the 152nd Station Hospital. Further expansion to the facilities including 27 wards, occurred in late 1942 and it was occupied by the 298th General Hospital. Initially, the Americans used the hospital mainly as training facility for their medical staff. After D-Day, however, the hospital was used in earnest, the processing of casualties becoming a very slick operation under the control of the 100th and then 117th General Hospitals. Casualties were flown into Filton or arrived by train from the channel ports. Between 5 August and 31 December 1944 a total of 4,954 patients were discharged from Frenchay.
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