Milton Keynes University Hospital

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Milton Keynes Hospital entrance
Geography
Location	Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Hospital type	University Hospital and Foundation Trust
Services
Emergency department	Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds	500
Links
Website	http://www.mkhospital.nhs.uk/
Lists	Hospitals in England

Milton Keynes University Hospital is a district general hospital serving Milton Keynes, its borough and the surrounding area of north Buckinghamshire, south Northamptonshire and north-west Bedfordshire. It is located in the Eaglestone neighborhood, and opened in 1984. It is managed by Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. With the projected further growth of Milton Keynes and its population the hospital expects to be expanding its services over the next 20 years. The hospital falls within the area formerly administered by the South Central NHS Strategic Health Authority.

Although Milton Keynes built up rapidly in the 1960s and 1970s, its growing population had to rely on Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Northampton General Hospital. A campaign "Milton Keynes is Dying for a Hospital" was mounted in the 1970s, leading to the construction of a four-ward community hospital that opened in 1979, followed by the construction of the main hospital. The new hospital opened in 1984, with a second phase being erected 1988-1992. Both phases of the hospital were opened by the Duchess of Kent. Further expansions, including a 60-bed treatment centre, followed in the early 21st century.

The Hospital Trust has agreed to provide clinical teaching facilities to the (private) University of Buckingham, and has renamed itself a 'University Hospital Trust' accordingly.The University's School of Medicine offers MBChB degrees and MD postgraduate degrees. In its first year of inviting applications, the University received 500 applications for its £35,000 a year undergraduate medicine course.