The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is a

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in Shrewsbury,

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, England. It forms the Shrewsbury site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, serving patients from Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin) and

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, in conjunction with the Princess Royal Hospital in

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History

The hospital, which was built to replace the Royal Salop Infirmary in the centre of Shrewsbury and the Copthorne Hospital on the opposite side of the Mytton Oak Road, was opened by the

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in 1979. Expansion of the hospital took place when services were transferred from the Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in the centre of Shrewsbury in 1998. The site on the opposite side of the Mytton Oak Road, formerly occupied by the Copthorne Hospital, was deemed surplus to requirements and sold to

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to create affordable housing in November 2007. Called Copthorne Grange, two of its roads, Seacole Way and Cavell Drive were named after famous wartime nurses.

Notable patients

Those reported to have died there include: * William Alonzo Parker - former Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury (1982) *

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politician and former Ambassador to the United States (1985, after car crash). * Bertram ('Jimmy') James - former

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officer and Great Escape survivor (2008) *

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- actor (2011) * Geoff Morris - retired professional footballer, notably

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and

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(2015). * Guy N. Smith - writer (2020)Report by Mark Andrews.

References

External links

*
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on the NHS website

Inspection reports
from the

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History

Notable patients

See also

References

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