Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | |
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| The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | King's Lynn, England |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Hospital type | District General |
| Affiliated university | University of East Anglia, University of Cambridge |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 515 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England. It is located on the outskirts of King’s Lynn, to the eastern edge of the town. The catchment area of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital covers the West Norfolk area, South Lincolnshire and North East Cambridgeshire, an area of approximately 1500 km² and 250,000 people. The hospital has 515 beds and the Hospital employs around 2400 staff and has around 100 volunteers, making it the biggest single employer in the town. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust manages the hospital.
Locally the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is often known as “The QE” or “the QEH”. It is occasionally (and incorrectly) referred to as “The Queen Elizabeth II Hospital” – however, the hospital is named after Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon), not the current Queen.
In February 1998 the Queen Mother was taken to the QE after she fractured her hip at nearby Sandringham, then later transferred to The King Edward VII Hospital in London. In January 1999, the Queen Mother was again taken to the QE Hospital after a series of nosebleeds, where they cauterised her nose. The Queen was taken to the QE Hospital in January 2003 after she had problems with her knee, where they performed a scan, and she was transferred to The King Edward VII Hospital in London for an operation to remove torn cartilage. During her Golden Jubilee in 2002, the Queen who usually spends accession day in private at Windsor Castle, opened the QE Hospital’s £1.2 million Macmillan Cancer Unit. Various members of the Royal Family have visited the Queen Elizabeth Hospital over the years, including Princess Anne who opened the £5 million Critical Care Unit in 2005. On 1 February 2011, the hospital was awarded Foundation Trust status.
The hospital site contains the main hospital building, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which is a two-storey building and was opened in 1980. In addition to the main hospital building, the site houses The Fermoy Unit, an adult mental health unit opened the same time as the main hospital building, The Arthur Levin Day Surgery Centre, which was opened on 11 January 1999, the Roxburgh Children’s’ Day Centre, which provides outpatient care for children and a comprehensive GUM clinic opened summer 2008. The Fermoy unit and the Arthur Levin Day Surgery Centre are both joined to the main hospital building by a long service corridor. Also on the site is the private BMI Sandringham Hospital.The main hospital building has two small shops, a modern coffee bar and upstairs restaurant for patients, visitors and staff.
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