The Calderdale Royal Hospital is a hospital situated in the

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town of Halifax. It is located in the suburb of

Salterhebble Salterhebble is an area of Halifax, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. The town falls within the Skircoat ward of Calderdale Council. Salterhebble is located where the Hebble Brook flows into th ...

and provides general services, emergency services and some specialist services. It is managed by

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 Royal ...

History

The hospital, which replaced the

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, was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 1998. The new hospital was built by

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. The cost of building the hospital, originally budgeted at £34.8 million in 1994, was £103 million by 2001. It started providing services to patients in April 2001 and was officially opened by

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on 15 March 2004. Facilities management services are provided by

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. Proposals to close the Accident and Emergency Department in February 2016 provoked a demonstration of 5,000 people in Huddersfield and a petition signed by 60,000 people against it.

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{{authority control Hospitals established in 2004 Hospitals in West Yorkshire Buildings and structures in Halifax, West Yorkshire NHS hospitals in England

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