Huddersfield Royal Infirmary

The Huddersfield Royal Infirmary is a hospital situated in the English town of Huddersfield, part of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. It is situated in the suburb of Lindley and provides general services, emergency services and some specialist services.

Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Lindley.
Location in West Yorkshire
Geography
LocationHuddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Organisation
Care systemNHS England
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds810
History
Opened1965
Links
Websitehttp://www.cht.nhs.uk/index.php?id=53

History
The old Infirmary in New North Road

The original hospital in Huddersfield, which was designed by Joseph Kay and which was located at New North Road, opened in 1831.[1] Additions included the south wing in 1861, the north wing in 1874 and the Carlisle Wing, financed by a gift from Sir Hildred Carlile, in 1898.[2] The foundation stone for a further extension was laid by the Duke of York in 1932; it was opened by Lord Moynihan in 1934.[1]

The infirmary moved to new facilities at Lindley which were completed in 1965 and formally opened by Prime Minister Harold Wilson in January 1967.[3][4] It became the base for Huddersfield Pharmacy Specials, a business which had been established several years earlier and which produces mainly unlicensed medicines and bespoke creams and ointments, oral liquids, eye drops and injectables.[5]

In April 2006, photovoltaic array panels were installed on the roof of the hospital building, providing it with a renewable source of electricity.[6]

See also

References
  1. "A Tour Round Huddersfield". Huddersfield Exposed. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. "Sir Edward Hildred Carlile (1852-1942)". Huddersfield Exposed. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. "Huddersfield Royal Infirmary celebrates birthday landmark". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 4 September 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  4. "HRI is 50 today: 'Town has one of the finest hospitals in the country,' Examiner said in 1966". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  5. "Inside the Huddersfield medicine factory that you may not know even existed". Huddersfield Examiner. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  6. "NHS Huddersfield solar PV array case study". Batchelor Electrical. Retrieved 14 December 2006.

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