Derbyshire Children's Hospital
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Derbyshire Children's Hospital is a children's hospital in Derby, Derbyshire in the United Kingdom. It is managed by the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.[1] It was the only entirely new children's hospital built in the UK in the twentieth century.[2]
History[edit]
The hospital was established as the Derbyshire Hospital for Sick Children in a Victorian building on North Street in 1877.[3] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and moved to a modern building on the Royal Derby Hospital site in 1996. It was the only entirely new children's hospital built in the UK in the twentieth century.[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Welcome". University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Sweetening the pill". Architects' Journal. 1996. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Derbyshire Hospital for Sick Children, Derby". National Archives. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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