York Hospital
| The York Hospital | |
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| York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Wigginton Road, York, YO31 8HE, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°58′14″N 1°05′01″W / 53.9705°N 1.0835°WCoordinates: 53°58′14″N 1°05′01″W / 53.9705°N 1.0835°W |
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| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | Teaching hospital |
| Affiliated university | Hull York Medical School |
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| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 700+ |
| History | |
| Founded | 1976 |
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| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
York Hospital is a National Health Service teaching hospital in York, England. It is run by the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, an NHS foundation trust which also runs several other hospitals in North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire.
York Hospital opened on its current site, on Wigginton Road in 1976.It was opened by Princess Alexandra and Pupil nurse Julie Bradley When it first opened the hospital had 600 beds and replaced numerous smaller sites including Acomb Hospital, City Hospital, York County Hospital, Deighton Grove Hospital, Fulford Hospital, Military Hospital and Yearsley Bridge Hospital. The hospital was designed in the 1960s by the firm of Architects, Llewelyn-Davies, Weeks, Forestier-Walker and Bor, of London. The partner in charge was the late John Weeks, a renowned hospital design specialist, who lectured on the philosophy of "indeterminate architecture", particularly in relation to the planning and layout of hospital buildings.
The hospital serves a population of 500,000 in North Yorkshire. York Hospital now has over 700 beds and offers a range of inpatient and outpatient services, there are also two rehabilitation hospitals St Helen's and White Cross Court.
The hospital has a day unit department for day operations and operating theatres for more complex operations.
On-site at York Hospital there is a range of services including an accident & emergency department, adult critical care unit, coronary care unit, maternity unit and specialist departments including dermatology, elderly medicine, ear, nose and throat, neurology, ophthalmology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthopaedics, paediatrics and restorative dentistry.
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