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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is an NHS trust which runs three hospitals and one ward in Worcestershire, England: The Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester, the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre in Kidderminster, and Burlingham Ward at Evesham Community Hospital in Evesham.
Worcester WR5 1JR: Region served: Herefordshire and Worcestershire: Hospitals: Princess of Wales Community Hospital - Bromsgrove, Tenbury Community Hospital, Evesham Community Hospital, Malvern Community Hospital and Malvern Community Hospital: Chief executive: Robert Mackie (2024 - ), Sarah Dugan (Retired, 2024) Staff: 4,500: Website: www.hacw ...
A new hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract to replace the Worcester Royal Infirmary in 1999, with the new site located on the eastern side of the city. [1] The new hospital was designed by Anshen Dyer, [4] built by Bovis Lend Lease [5] at a cost of £85 million [6] and opened in March 2002. [7]
The annual health budget is about £900m, more than half of which goes to Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. [5] The three CCGs announced in March 2016 that they were facing a collective deficit of £25 million in 2016/7 and were considering restricting access to a range of treatments. The list of treatments under consideration includes:
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The hospital, which replaced the Smallwood Hospital at Church Green, [1] was completed in 1985. [2] It was officially opened by Princess Alexandra in April 1987. [3]After four consultants left the hospital because of "continuing uncertainty about the future of Redditch Hospital" in February 2015, there were calls from a local pressure group for Government intervention. [2]
The hospital has its origins in the Kidderminster Union Workhouse Infirmary which was completed about 1884. [1] The hospital joined the National Health Service as Kidderminster Infirmary and Children's Hospital in 1948. [2] It became Kidderminster and District General Hospital in 1974 and Kidderminster General Hospital in 2000. [2]
From 2018 to 2022, statewide overdose fatalities grew by 15.7%; Worcester exceeded that trend with an increase of 17.8% over the same time period, according to the city's Health Department.