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In December 2013 the Trust had to cancel non-urgent operations and appointments due to increased pressure on their A&E units. [6]In April 2014 it was revealed that the Trust had mislaid up to 270,000 ultrasound scans which were stored on obsolete technology dating back to 2004.
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 Worcester area is controlled by another two signal boxes at Henwick (west of Foregate Street) and Tunnel Junction (to the north of Shrub Hill). Both platforms 1 and 2 can be used in either direction; generally, trains for Foregate Street use platform one and trains towards Oxford and Cheltenham Spa use platform 2.
A new site was identified on Sewell Road and purchased in 1875. [4] A new building, designed by Alexander Graham, was built on the new site and completed in 1878. [4] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948. [4]
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]
The hospital became the James Cook University Hospital in 2001 to reflect the local heritage and growing academic links. [4] New facilities were procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract to replace Middlesbrough General Hospital, North Riding Infirmary in Middlesbrough and the neuro-rehabilitation unit at West Lane Hospital in 1999. [5]
Until the 1970s, it was known as Scunthorpe and District War Memorial Hospital. A & E is at the far north of the site on Cliff Gardens, accessed via Highfield Avenue, off Doncaster Road (the A1029). As well as North Lincolnshire, it also serves Gainsborough and Goole. It is managed by Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Management of the hospital passed to the Halton General Hospital NHS Trust in 1993. [2] The minor injuries unit was refurbished in November 2003 [1] and a new urgent care centre was established at the hospital in 2015. [3] In 2018 it was proposed the hospital be replaced with a modern treatment centre. [4]