Grantham and District Hospital

Grantham and District Hospital, is an NHS hospital located in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. It is managed by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

Grantham and District Hospital
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Grantham and District Hospital
Shown in Grantham
Geography
Location101 Manthorpe Rd, Grantham, NG31 8DG, Lincolnshire, England
Coordinates52.92095°N 0.64187°W / 52.92095; -0.64187
Organisation
Care systemNHS
FundingGovernment hospital
TypeDistrict General
Affiliated universityLincolnshire PCT
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds184
History
Opened1874
Links
Websitewww.ulh.nhs.uk
ListsHospitals in England

History
The hospital c.1900

The foundation stone for the Grantham and Kesteven Hospital was laid on 29 October 1874.[1] It was designed by Richard Adolphus Came and was officially opened by Lady Brownlow on 5 January 1876.[1] An extension to a design by F. J. Lenton involving veranda type ward blocks was completed in 1935 and, after the hospital had joined the National Health Service in 1948, a new maternity department was added in 1972.[1]

The hospital achieved notoriety when nurse Beverley Allitt was convicted of killing four young patients and harming nine others with injections in the early 1990s.[2][3][4]

Due to low number of mothers having babies in Grantham, the trust took the decision to close the birthing unit in February 2014.[5]

The hospital had 24-hour accident and emergency facilities until July 2016 when the trust decided to close it temporarily from 6.30 pm to 9 am as they did not have enough doctors. Attendance at the A&E fell from 80 a day to 60, and admissions to the hospital fell from 14 a day to 12.[6] A march in protest at the closure attracted 6,000 people on 29 October 2016, complaining that it was 35 miles to the nearest A&E.[7]

See also

Healthcare in Lincolnshire

References
  1. "Grantham Hospital". Historic Hospitals. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  2. "Nurse 'only link to children's deaths'". The Guardian. London. 16 February 1993.
  3. Jenkins, Lin (18 May 1993). "Shadows of death fell across Ward 4". The Times. London.
  4. Jenkins, Lin (18 May 1993). "Killings fed a craving for attention". The Times. London.
  5. "Grantham Hospital birthing unit closure 'not cost-saving measure'". BBC. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  6. "A&E night closure sees two patients a night sent elsewhere". Health Service Journal. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  7. "Six thousand people march in protest at Grantham A&E cuts". Lincolnshire Reporter. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
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