Kidderminster Hospital

Kidderminster Hospital is an acute general hospital in Kidderminster in Worcestershire, England. It is managed by the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Kidderminster Hospital
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Kidderminster Hospital
Shown in Worcestershire
Geography
LocationKidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Coordinates52.3860°N 2.2611°W / 52.3860; -2.2611
Organisation
Care systemNHS England
TypeDistrict General
Services
Emergency departmentNo
History
Opened1884
Links
Websitewww.worcsacute.nhs.uk
ListsHospitals in England

History

The hospital has its origins in the Kidderminster Union Workhouse Infirmary which was completed about 1884.[1] The hospital joined the National Health Service as Kidderminster Infirmary and Children's Hospital in 1948.[2] It became Kidderminster and District General Hospital in 1974 and Kidderminster General Hospital in 2000.[2]

Standing for Parliament as an Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern candidate at the 2001 general election, Richard Taylor campaigned largely on a single issue, that of restoring the accident & emergency department of Kidderminster Hospital, which had been closed the previous year.[3] A new treatment centre was opened by the Duchess of Gloucester on the site in April 2005.[4]

References
  1. "Kidderminster". Workhouses. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. "Kidderminster Minor Injuries Unit, Bewdley Road, Kidderminster". National Archives. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. "Wyre Forest candidates back return of Kidderminster A&E". BBC News. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  4. "Celebrating 70 years of the NHS". Worcestershire Way. 1 July 2018. p. 4. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
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