Pinderfields Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in Wakefield, West Yorkshire operated by the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.
| Pinderfields Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust | |
 The new Pinderfields Hospital | |
  Location in West Yorkshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°41′37″N 1°29′24″W / 53.69349°N 1.48998°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| History | |
| Opened | 2010 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
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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] cost around £150 million.[4] It was completed in June 2010.[5] and 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
edit- ^ a b c "'It's a legend that's being taken away'". Wakefield Express. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "BDP selected to design Yorkshire Hospitals". BDP. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Balfour lands health job". Construction News. 9 December 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Pinderfields & Pontefract Hospitals (the cost was £311 million in total across two hospitals)". HICL. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "New Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield opens". BBC. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Pinderfields: Building the new hospital". Wakefield Asylum. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ Meek, James (5 April 2018). "NHS SOS". Vol. 40, no. 7. London Review of Books. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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