Royal Derby Hospital is one of two

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s in the city of

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, the other being the

London Road Community Hospital The Florence Nightingale Community Hospital, formerly the London Road Community Hospital, is a community hospital on London Road in Derby, England. It is managed by the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. The other main ...

. It is managed by the

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History

The original hospital on the site was the Derby City General Hospital, which was built in 1927 and latterly focused on maternity and children's care. The hospital, which had become quite dilapidated, was demolished in September 2006. A new hospital was procured under a

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contract to replace both the Derby City General Hospital and the

Derbyshire Royal Infirmary The Derbyshire Royal Infirmary was a hospital in Derby that was managed by the Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Following the transfer of community services to the London Road Community Hospital located further south-east along Lo ...

in 2003. The new hospital was built by

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at a cost of £333 million. It was opened by

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and the Duke of Edinburgh in April 2010.

Facilities

The new hospital has 1,159 acute beds and 35 operating theatres. It provides 200 single en-suite rooms and 4-bed bays for patients on its wards.

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is co-located on the Royal Derby Hospital site. The hospital is a major teaching centre for the

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including the graduate entry medical school (which is based at the Royal Derby Hospital site).

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History

Facilities

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