Newark Hospital

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Newark Hospital
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The current Newark Hospital on Boundary Road
Newark Hospital is located in Nottinghamshire
Newark Hospital
Shown in Nottinghamshire
Geography
LocationNewark-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates53°04′02″N 0°48′21″W / 53.0672°N 0.8057°W / 53.0672; -0.8057
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentUrgent Care Centre
History
Opened1786
Links
ListsHospitals in England

Newark Hospital is a health facility in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England. It is managed by the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

History[edit]

The old Newark General Hospital on London Road

The hospital has its origins in a workhouse established in Hawton Road (now Albert Street) in 1786.[1][2] The workhouse infirmary, which was established in the early 19th century, merged with the local dispensary to become became Newark Hospital and Dispensary in 1868.[3]

The hospital moved to larger facilities, designed by William Bliss, on a site on London Road in April 1881.[3] This released the old hospital site for redevelopment as the Castle Brewery.[3] The hospital joined the National Health Service as Newark General Hospital in 1948.[4]

The old Newark General hospital on London Road closed in 1996, after patients had been transferred to a modern healthcare facility on Boundary Road which was opened by the Duke of Gloucester in 1996.[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Newark-on-Trent". Workhouses. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Newark-on-Trent". Kelly's Directory for Nottinghamshire. p. 120. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d Amos, Denise. "Hospitals". Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Newark General Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 22 April 2020.