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The hospital has its origins in the Sheffield Radium Fund, which was established in 1914. [1] The fund was used to create the Radium Centre in 1930 and subsequently the Sheffield National Centre for Radiotherapy in 1945. [1] Weston Park Hospital was officially opened in April 1970. [1]
A Nurses' home named "Centenary House", also designed by Webster, was completed in 1897, the Infirmary's 100th year, along with ophthalmic wards and a theatre, and the hospital was renamed from Sheffield General Infirmary, to Sheffield Royal Infirmary. [9] [10] Further additions followed in the 20th century. Radium treatment was first carried ...
The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and, after services had transferred to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, it closed in 1978. [ 2 ] The buildings were demolished in 1981, except for the facade of the former Mount Zion Chapel on Westfield Terrace, which as a Grade II listed building , was converted into offices.
The Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a combined acute and community NHS foundation trust in Sheffield, England.Founded in 2001 and awarded foundation status in 2004, the trust covers most of Sheffield's adult community services, two major adult hospitals, the Northern General Hospital and the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, as well as the specialised Charles Clifford Dental ...
The building was designed by S. L. Swann in Gothic Revival style in red brick with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. [1] Originally constructed in 1881 as the Winter Street Hospital for Infectious Diseases, it became a dedicated tuberculosis hospital in 1912, and was later the St George's Hospital for geriatric patients, which closed in 1990.
There are also schemes for Nursery Street to be pedestrianised. The final northern section of Sheffield's Inner Relief Road, finished in 2008, shifts traffic away from Bridge Street and further increases the neighbourhood's desirability. Another development, the West Bar scheme is to be based in the quarter.
This is a list of listed buildings in Sheffield City Centre, covering the S1 postcode district in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The district contains 137 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England .
During the 1990s it was featured in the BBC Television series Children's Hospital. [3] Local football club Sheffield Wednesday donated their shirt sponsorship to Sheffield Children's Hospital and the associated Children's Hospital Charity for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. [4] A new wing, built at a cost of £40 million, was completed in ...