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Churchill Hospital
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- Dermatology
- Gastro-enterology
- Gynaecology
- Hematologist
- Oncologist
Description
The Churchill Hospital is a centre for cancer services and other specialties including renal services and transplant clinical and medical oncology dermatology haemophilia infectious diseases chest medicine medical genetics and palliative care
The hospital together with the nearby John Radcliffe Hospital is a major centre for healthcare research housing departments of Oxford University Medical School and Oxford Brookes Universitys School of Healthcare Studies
Developments in recent years include the opening of the Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism OCDEM which is a collaboration between the University of Oxford the NHS and three partner companies to create a worldclass centre for clinical research on diabetes endocrine and metabolic disorders along with clinical treatment and education
History
The history of the Churchill Hospital
A hospital on this site was first founded in 1940 by the Ministry of Health with the intention that it should serve as an Emergency Medical Service hospital for local air raid casualties This proved unnecessary and on the completion of the buildings in January 1942 they were leased to the medical services of the United States Army
The American Hospital in Britain was invited to take over the hospital in September 1941 under the general administration of the WingfieldMorris Orthopaedic Hospital now the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre They transferred their activities from Park Prewett Hospital Basingstoke on 1 January 1942
The hospital was opened as the Churchill Hospital by the Duchess of Kent on 27 January 1942 It was the 2nd General Hospital under Colonel Crawford July 1942 April 1944 and then the 91st General Hospital under Colonel Dyke
Surgeons at the Churchill Hospital on gas mask drill 1942
When the American authorities left Oxford City Council took over the buildings prompted by local hospitals through the Oxford and District Joint Hospitals Board The Committee of the Radcliffe Infirmary undertook responsibility for the hospital with some financial support from Oxford City and County Councils and appointed an Assistant Administrator to take charge Patients began to arrive in January 1946
On 1 April 1993 the John Radcliffe Hospital and the Churchill Hospital were united as the Churchill John Radcliffe Hospital and on 1 April 1994 the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust was formed the final step in the union of the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals
Photographs from the Churchill Hospitals past have been incorporated into works of art in the new Oxford Cancer Centre opened in 2009 on the Churchill Hospital site To find out more about the centre and the artwork associated with it visit our Cancer Centre section
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