Royal Lancaster Infirmary
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The Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) is a hospital in the city of Lancaster, England.[2][3] It lies to the south of the city centre, between the A6 road and the Lancaster Canal. It is managed by the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.[4]
| Lancaster Royal Infirmary | |
|---|---|
| University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust | |
.jpg) Original building of Royal Lancaster Infirmary | |
 Shown in Lancashire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 54.0425°N 2.8003°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Type | Teaching |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 387[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1781 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in the United Kingdom |
History
The infirmary has its origins in a dispensary which opened on Castle Hill in 1781 and a fever hospital established in 1815.[5] These two institutions combined in premises in Thurnham Street in 1833.[5]
A larger site on Ashton Road, which had previously been known as the Springfield Estate,[6] was bought for £2,471 in 1888[7] and, following a donation of nearly £10,000 by James Williamson, a local businessman,[8] the first building of the new hospital, designed by architects Paley and Austin,[9] was opened by the Duke and Duchess of York in 1896.[7] The original building is now Grade II listed.[9] Springfield Hall was retained and used as an overnight nurses' home for the hospital.[6]
A new maternity unit opened in 1979, the pathology building was added in 1994 and the new centenary building opened in 1996.[7]
The Huggett Suite, a unit for treating stroke patients built at a cost of £1 million, opened in spring 2017[10] and a new therapies outpatient department, built at a cost of £1.2 million, opened in 2018.[11]
Notable staff
- Dame Sheila Quinn, DBE, FRCN, RGN, RM, RNT trained as a nurse at the infirmary between 1943-1946. Quinn was president of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) from 1982 to 1986.[12]
Performance
An inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published in February 2017 gave the hospital a good overall rating with caring graded as outstanding but with patient safety requiring improvement.[13]
See also
References
External links
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