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The County Borough of Barnsley, and its predecessor, the Municipal Borough of Barnsley, was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1869 to 1974. [1] Barnsley became a municipal borough in 1869, and a county borough in 1913, making it administratively independent of the West Riding County Council. The borough ...
The trust's estate expanded once again to include Kendray Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital with a number of health centres and offices within the Barnsley district. Rob Webster, Former Chief Executive, was top of the poll in the Health Service Journal’s Top 50 chief executives in 2021, the first from a mental health trust. [2]
It covered the former county borough of Barnsley plus parts of 13 other districts, which were all abolished at the same time. [7] [8] The enlarged Barnsley district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Barnsley's series of mayors dating back to 1869. [9]
Barnsley Corporation provided the eleven acre site on Measborough Hill. [1] The hospital was officially opened in February 1890. [ 2 ] In 1892 77 cases of smallpox were admitted to the hospital but 21 of these cases were attributed to an infected tailor who had overpowered his nurse and escaped the hospital stark naked. [ 3 ]
Barnsley was the site of a human crush that resulted in the deaths of 16 children in 1908, at a public hall now known as The Civic, when children were rushing to watch a film in the building. [citation needed] Barnsley has a long tradition of glass-making, [8] however Barnsley is most famous for its
The county borough of Barnsley had been self-governing, whereas the other 13 districts were all lower-tier authorities where county-level services were provided by West Riding County Council. From its creation in 1974 until 1986, the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley was a district-level authority, with county-level services provided by South ...
It became Barnsley Municipal Hospital in 1930 but was renamed St Helen Hospital in 1935, [2] before joining the National Health Service in 1948. [2] A major redevelopment of the site to create Barnsley District General Hospital was completed in 1977. [2] The facility became known as Barnsley Hospital in 2005. [2]
In 2014/5 the trust was given a loan of £18.5 million by the Department of Health which is supposed to be paid back in five years. [5] It was the first trust in England to adopt a new digital portal allowing patients to receive and respond to appointment letters digitally, in March 2017. [6]