The Warneford Hospital is a hospital providing mental health services at Headington in east Oxford, England.[1] It is managed by the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.
| Warneford Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Warneford Hospital | |
  Shown in Oxfordshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°45′03″N 1°13′21″W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Oxford |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 104 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1826 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
The hospital opened as the Oxford Lunatic Asylum in July 1826.[2] It was designed by Richard Ingleman (1777–1838) and built of Headington stone.[3] The name commemorates the philanthropist Samuel Wilson Warneford.[4] It was renamed the Warneford Hospital in 1843[2] and extended by J.C. Buckler in 1852 and by William Wilkinson in 1877.[3]
The hospital originally charged fees for treatment of middle-class patients with a fund eventually being set up for the care of poor patients. Men and women were originally segregated on different sides of the hospital with this practice continuing into the 1950s.[5]
Warneford Hospital was extensively mentioned in the book Dark Clouds Gather written by Katy Sara Culling about mental illness and published in 2011.[6]
See also
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