John Radcliffe Hospital
| John Radcliffe Hospital | |
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| Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Headington Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| History | |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
The John Radcliffe Hospital is a large tertiary teaching hospital in Oxford, England and a leading centre for medical research.
It is the main teaching hospital for Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University, and incorporates the Oxford University Medical School.
It forms part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is named after John Radcliffe, an 18th-century physician and Oxford University graduate, who endowed the Radcliffe Infirmary, the main hospital for Oxford from 1770 to 2007.
The distinctive large white-tiled structure occupies a prominent position on Headington Hill, on the outskirts of Oxford, with commanding views of the city itself and over a large swathe of Oxfordshire.
JR1: This was the initial hospital building, opened in 1972. It houses women's services and neonatology. The second building, JR2, opened in 1979 and is much larger. It contains most of the other specialist services for the region.
Other facilities were then added to the site, including the University of Oxford's Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of the Brain.
The West Wing: With the closure of the Radcliffe Infirmary and consolidation of the other hospital sites in Oxford, a further large expansion took place, undertaken by Carillion and completed in December 2006. This new complex, known as the West Wing, involved the construction of the new Oxford Children's Hospital, the relocated Oxford Eye Hospital, and the departments of neurosciences/head and neck and of Ear Nose & Throat (ENT).Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh officially commemorated the opening of the new West Wing and Children's Hospital at a special ceremony in late November 2008 in front of patients, staff, fundraisers and supporters who had helped raise the £15 million needed to build the Children's Hospital.
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