East Riding General Hospital

East Riding General Hospital was a health facility in Bridlington Road, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

East Riding General Hospital
East Riding General Hospital
Shown in East Riding of Yorkshire
Geography
Location	Bridlington Road, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Coordinates	54.0121°N 0.4244°W / 54.0121; -0.4244
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Services
Emergency department	No
History
Opened	1868
Closed	1990
Links
Lists	Hospitals in England

History

The facility had its origins in the Driffield Union Workhouse which was designed by John Edwin Oates and opened in 1868.^[1] An infirmary was established at the north end of the site.^[1][2] It became the Driffield Public Assistance Institution in 1930.^[1] During the Second World War, an emergency medical service hospital known as Driffield Base Hospital was built on the site.^[1] It joined the National Health Service as the East Riding County Hospital in 1948^[1] and became the East Riding General Hospital in 1950.^[3] As it expanded it took over many of the old workhouse buildings and modern operating theatre facilities were also built on the site in the 1960s.^[4] After local services had transferred to the Alfred Bean Hospital, East Riding General Hospital closed in 1990.^[1] The buildings were demolished in 1992 and the site was sold for residential development.^[5]

References

1. "Driffield". Workhouses. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
2. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (2002). Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. Yale University Press. p. 442. ISBN 978-0300095937.
3. "East Riding General Hospital, Driffield". National Archives. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
4. "East Riding General Hospital". East Riding Museums. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
5. "Historic Hospitals" (PDF). East Riding Museums. Retrieved 19 January 2020.