Weston Park Hospital is a health facility specialising in the treatment of cancer in Broomhill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is managed by the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
| Weston Park Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Weston Park Hospital as viewed from Witham Road | |
  Shown in South Yorkshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Broomhill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°22′51″N 1°29′27″W / 53.3808°N 1.4907°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Cancer |
| Affiliated university | Sheffield Medical School (University of Sheffield) |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1950s |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe hospital has its origins in the Sheffield Radium Fund, which was established in 1914.[1] The fund was used to create the Radium Centre in 1930 and subsequently the Sheffield National Centre for Radiotherapy in 1945.[1] Weston Park Hospital was officially opened in April 1970.[1]
Operation of the hospital was transferred from the Sheffield Health Authority (dissolved on 1 April 1992) to the newly created Weston Park Hospital NHS Trust on 1 November 1991. In April 1995, Weston Park was designated a cancer centre and the surrounding district hospitals became cancer units, based on recommendations from the Calman–Hine report, the purpose of which was to provide a uniformly high standard of care as close to the patient's home as possible.[2]
On 1 April 1999, the Weston Park Hospital NHS Trust was merged into the existing Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust, which subsequently merged with the Northern General Hospital NHS Trust on 1 April 2001 to create the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The Trust was awarded Foundation status on 1 July 2004.[3]
Services
editThe hospital is one of four dedicated cancer centres in the United Kingdom.[4][a]
Notes
edit- ^ Other dedicated cancer centres include the Royal Marsden Hospital, the Christie Hospital and the Velindre Cancer Centre.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield". National Archives. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ Baker, Mark R. (1 June 2002). Modernising Cancer Services. Radcliffe Publishing. pp. 5–. ISBN 9781857754599. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ "Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust". National Archives. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "£25 million redevelopment in the pipeline for Weston Park cancer hospital in Sheffield". The Star. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2018.