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Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital (previously Scartho Road Hospital) is a public hospital in
The hospital has its origins in a workhouse infirmary that opened in Scartho Road in October 1894. This facility joined the
Official site
Hospital buildings completed in 1983 Buildings and structures in Grimsby Hospitals in Lincolnshire NHS hospitals in England {{UK-hospital-stub
Grimsby
Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of Linco ...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...
, England
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. It is managed by the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS Foundation Trust which was established in April 2001, by a merger of North East Lincolnshire NHS Trust and Scunthorpe and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust. It runs the Diana, P ...
.
History
The hospital has its origins in a workhouse infirmary that opened in Scartho Road in October 1894. This facility joined the National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...
as Scartho Road Infirmary in 1948.
In the 1970s it was decided to build a modern facility on a site to the immediate south of the infirmary. The hospital was officially opened by the Princess of Wales
Princess of Wales (Welsh: ''Tywysoges Cymru'') is a courtesy title used since the 14th century by the wife of the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. The current title-holder is Catherine (née Middleton).
The title was firs ...
as the Grimsby District Hospital on 26 July 1983 and was renamed in her honour following her death in 1997.
At the forefront of infection control, the Trust was a pioneer of the "clean your hands" campaign in 2003. Subsequent developments included a new Family Services Unit opened in 2004, a new cardiology unit opened in 2005, a new breast care unit opened in 2007 and the first phase of a new Accident and Emergency unit opened in August 2008.
In popular culture
In 1985 the hospital was used for filming scenes of the film ''Clockwise
Two-dimensional rotation can occur in two possible directions. Clockwise motion (abbreviated CW) proceeds in the same direction as a clock's hands: from the top to the right, then down and then to the left, and back up to the top. The opposite ...
''.
See also
*List of hospitals in England
The following is a list of hospitals in England. For NHS trusts, see the list of NHS Trusts.
East Midlands
* Arnold Lodge, Leicestershire
*Babington Hospital – Belper, Derbyshire
*Bassetlaw District General Hospital – Worksop, Nottinghams ...
References
External links
Official site
Hospital buildings completed in 1983 Buildings and structures in Grimsby Hospitals in Lincolnshire NHS hospitals in England {{UK-hospital-stub