Bassetlaw Hospital

Name :

Bassetlaw Hospital

Address  :

Blyth Road

Town  :

Worksop

State  :

Nottinghamshire

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

S81 0BD

Phone  :

01909 500990

Fax  :

01909 502246

Web URL  :

Bassetlaw Hospital

Description

Bassetlaw Hospital Worksop is one of the key hospitals in the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust The Hospital has 300 beds Each year the hospital treats around 33000 patients along with 38000 emergencies in the AampE Department

The Hospital is situated in the residential area of Kilton about half a mile from Worksop town centre The A1 M1 and M18 are all in close proximity Doncaster 25 minutes Sheffield 30 minutes and Nottingham 40 minutes are within an easy drive

A local bus route from the town centre runs through the hospital grounds There is also scheduled transport which takes patients and staff to Doncaster Royal Infirmary and back again You have to book this service in advance

Bassetlaw Breastcare Unit


History

Hospital services in Bassetlaw began with the opening of the 5bed Victoria Hospital Worksop in 1900 staffed by a house surgeon two honorary surgeons a matron and three probationer nurses There were 59 patients and during the first year the income was pound487 12s 6d and the expenditure pound505 4s 3d Thirty years later 812 patients were treated the income was pound7326 and expenditure pound6751 A penny in the pound workers contributory scheme raised pound4300 while the Gloops Club donated a cot to the Childrens wing It became part of the NHS in 1948 and was demolished in 1996

The foundation stone for Kilton Hospital was laid in 1902 it was known as Worksops Poor Law Infirmary and cost pound18300 to build

The first phase of the new Bassetlaw Hospital was opened on the same site in 1984 Work was completed in 1987 and Casualty and inpatient facilities at Retford Hospital were transferred to the new site in 1988
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