Jersey General Hospital in

Saint Helier St Helier (; Jèrriais: ; french: Saint-Hélier) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. St Helier has a population of 35,822 – over one-third of the total population of Jersey – ...

is the only hospital on the island of

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. It has 219 beds. Medical students are placed at the hospital by the Wessex Deanery of

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History

It was originally a

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. The foundation stone was laid in 1765 but the building was requestioned by the military in 1779 as there was no barracks on the island. It was used as a hospital poorhouse from 1793. The building was largely destroyed by fire in 1859. Until 1868, when St Saviour's Hospital was opened, it also served as a

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. There were plans to replace it with a single-site facility at Overdale costed at £804 million but in November 2022 it was reported that the plans were now for a hybrid General Hospital spread across the existing Gloucester Street site, adjacent land at Kensington Place, and Overdale.

Facilities

* Rheumatology * Maternity * Special care baby unit (SCBU) * Emergency Department * Paediatrics * Assisted reproduction * Dermatology * Blood donation * Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) * Endoscopy * Cardiology * Dental * Dietetics * Pharmacy * Renal * Joint replacement * Memory * Neurology * Occupational therapy (OT) * Pain clinic * Speech and language therapy * Intensive care unit (ITU) * Radiology Some patients have to travel to UK hospitals for specialised treatment.

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Hospital wards
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