The Huddersfield Royal Infirmary is a

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situated in the

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town of

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

, part of

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust runs Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Huddersfield and Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax, both in West Yorkshire, England. It became a Foundation Trust in 2006. The rebuilding of Calderdale Roya ...

. It is situated in the suburb of Lindley and provides general services, emergency services and some specialist services.

History

The original hospital in

, which was designed by Joseph Kay and which was located at New North Road, opened in 1831. Additions included the south wing in 1861, the north wing in 1874 and the Carlisle Wing, financed by a gift from Sir Hildred Carlile, in 1898. The foundation stone for a further extension was laid by the

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in 1932; it was opened by

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in 1934. The infirmary moved to new facilities at Lindley which were completed in 1965 and formally opened by

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in January 1967. It became the base for Huddersfield Pharmacy Specials, a business which had been established several years earlier and which produces mainly unlicensed medicines and bespoke creams and ointments, oral liquids, eye drops and injectables. In April 2006,

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panels were installed on the roof of the hospital building, providing it with a

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{{authority control Hospitals established in 1965 Hospitals in West Yorkshire Buildings and structures in Huddersfield NHS hospitals in England

History

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