West Cornwall Hospital is a
hospital
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located in
Penzance
Penzance ( ; kw, Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated ...
,
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
, England. It is managed by the
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS trust which runs West Cornwall Hospital, St Michael's Hospital, Royal Cornwall Hospital, and St Austell Hospital - Penrice Birthing Unit, in Cornwall, England.
History
The trust was established ...
.
History
The hospital has its origins in the Penzance Dispensary established in 1809.
This became the West Cornwall Dispensary and Infirmary in 1873 and the West Cornwall Hospital in 1928.
[ It joined the ]National Health Service
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in 1948.[ A new ]CT scan
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ner and new X-ray
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equipment were installed at the hospital in spring 2018.
Services
The hospital has a 24-hour urgent care centre, two medical wards and a day case surgery.
See also
*Healthcare in Cornwall
Healthcare in Cornwall, United Kingdom, was, until July 2022, the responsibility of Kernow clinical commissioning group, a National Health Service (NHS) organisation set up by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to organise the delivery of NHS se ...
*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
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Inspection reports
from the Care Quality Commission
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Hospitals in Cornwall
NHS hospitals in England