Scarborough Hospital, formerly Scarborough General Hospital is an

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district general hospital in

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, England. It is run by the

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides services for a population of around 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale, United Kingdom. Facilities The trust runs: *Yo ...

History

In the early 1930s it was decided to build a new general hospital for Scarborough; the cost of construction of £135,000 was financed in part by the sale of the site of a former hospital at Spring Hill and in part by public subscription. The new hospital was opened by the

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on 23 October 1936. After the hospital joined the

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in 1948, a major new extension followed in 1988. The hospital came under the management of the Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust in 1994 but on 1 July 2012 the Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust was absorbed by the

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides services for a population of around 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale, United Kingdom. Facilities The trust runs: *Yo ...

. A new surgical ward, known as Maple Ward, was built by Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions at a cost of £2.4 million and opened in spring 2011. Another new surgical ward, called Lilac ward, was built by

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at a cost of £5 million and opened in March 2015. A new two-storey urgent and emergency care centre, to cost £47 million, was started in 2022 and should open in 2024.

Services

Annually, the hospital sees an average of 127,000 patient attendances to its

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, in addition to 119,000 inpatients and 390,000 outpatient appointments.

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* {{authority control Buildings and structures in Scarborough, North Yorkshire Hospitals in North Yorkshire NHS hospitals in England

History

Services

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