Burton Road Hospital was a
National Health Service
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hospital
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situated in
Dudley
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,
West Midlands
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,
England
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.
History
The hospital has its origins in the infirmary for the Dudley Union Workhouse which was built to the west of the main workhouse site in the 19th century.
The workhouse was converted into a hospital and, in the late 1920s, it became known as the Dudley Institution. Additions to the institution at that time included a maternity hospital which was completed in 1926 and which was re-named the Rosemary Ednam Maternity Hospital in memory of
Lady Ednam who had died in an air crash in July 1930.
A donation by the
Rotary Club enabled Burton Road Hospital to receive the country's first mobile cardiac unit in 1971. The maternity unit continued to provide maternity services to the local area until they were transferred to a new 118-bed maternity unit at the
Wordsley Hospital in the late 1980s. Following the transfer of the remaining services to
Russells Hall Hospital
Russells Hall Hospital is an NHS general hospital located in Dudley, West Midlands, England, managed by the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital is south-west of the town centre on the A4101 road, which connects to the Kingswinfo ...
and
Bushey Fields Hospital
Bushey Fields Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Dudley, West Midlands, England managed by the Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
History
The hospital is a small detached cabin-like building opened in 1983 at th ...
, the hospital closed in December 1993 and the site has since been redeveloped for housing.
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Image of the hospital in 1989
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Buildings and structures in Dudley
Defunct hospitals in England
Hospitals disestablished in 1993