Pinderfields Hospital

Pinderfields Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in Wakefield, West Yorkshire operated by the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

Pinderfields Hospital
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
The new Pinderfields Hospital
Location in West Yorkshire
Geography
LocationWakefield, West Yorkshire, England
Coordinates53.69349°N 1.48998°W / 53.69349; -1.48998
Organisation
Care systemNHS
History
Opened2010
Links
Websitewww.midyorks.nhs.uk
ListsHospitals in England

History
The old Pinderfields Hospital

The original acute hospital in Wakefield was established as part of the Stanley Royd Hospital and opened on 8 March 1900.[1] It was briefly renamed Wakefield Emergency Hospital before becoming Pinderfields General Hospital in the 1940s.[1] The name derives from the Pinder of Wakefield, the townsmen in charge of impounding stray animals who were tasked with ensuring that no-one dare trespass on Wakefield under their watchful eyes.[1]

A new hospital, to be known as the Pinderfields Hospital, was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract to replace Pinderfields General Hospital in 2007. The new hospital, which was designed by the Building Design Partnership[2] and built by Balfour Beatty[3] at a cost of circa £150 million,[4] was completed in June 2010.[5] It was opened by the Princess Royal in September 2011.[6]

In January 2018, with overcrowding becoming a serious issue at many hospitals, patients were pictured sleeping on the bare floors of Pinderfields Hospital.[7]

References
  1. "'It's a legend that's being taken away'". Wakefield Express. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. "BDP selected to design Yorkshire Hospitals". BDP. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. "Balfour lands health job". Construction News. 9 December 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. "Pinderfields & Pontefract Hospitals (the cost was £311 million in total across two hospitals)". HICL. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  5. "New Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield opens". BBC. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  6. "Pinderfields: Building the new hospital". Wakefield Asylum. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  7. Meek, James (5 April 2018). "NHS SOS" (Vol. 40 No. 7). London Review of Books. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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