Whitworth Hospital is a healthcare facility on the Bakewell Road between

Darley Dale Darley Dale, also known simply as Darley, is a town and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, with a population of 5,413. It lies north of Matlock, on the River Derwent and the A6 road. The town forms part ...

and Matlock in

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

, England. It is managed by

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust was one of the community health trusts created in 2012. It was authorised as a foundation trust in October 2014. The trust has established a Responsive Workforce Model using HealthRoster Software a ...

History

The facility, which was founded by Lady Louisa Whitworth in memory of her husband

Sir Joseph Whitworth Sir Joseph Whitworth, 1st Baronet (21 December 1803 – 22 January 1887) was an English engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist. In 1841, he devised the British Standard Whitworth system, which created an accepted standard for screw ...

, opened as the Whitworth Cottage Hospital in 1889. It briefly closed in 1897 and was re-opened by the Duchess of Devonshire as the "Endowed Whitworth General and Infectious Hospitals (gifts to Darley district)" in 1898. It 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 the Whitworth Hospital in 1948. In January 2019 it was announced that the rehabilitation ward at the hospital, which had faced closure, would be retained.

References

External links

Official site
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