Cheltenham General Hospital is an NHS

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, run by

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. It provides general hospital services including Accident and Emergency.

History

The Cheltenham Provident Dispensary was founded in 1813, and after moving to Seward House, was renamed Cheltenham General Hospital in 1839. The new General Hospital building in Sandford Road, designed by D. J. Humphries and built between 1848 and 1849, has since served as the main hospital in Cheltenham. It took over the operation of the Cheltenham Ophthalmic Hospital ''c''.1882, and joined the

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in 1948. The popular entertainer

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died at the hospital in 1984.

Services

Cheltenham General Hospital provides general hospital services as well as some specialist services. There are 16 wards, a number of specialist departments and a minor injuries unit. The specialist

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, with a Diabetic Eye Screening Unit.

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Trust website

Cheltenham General Hospital on the NHS website

Inspection reports
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