- Tameside General Hospital
Tameside General Hospital is an NHS
hospital situated inAshton-under-Lyne . Run by Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, it serves the surrounding area ofTameside inGreater Manchester , and the town ofGlossop inDerbyshire . Employing just under 2,500 staff, the hospital provides a wide array of healthcare one would associate with general hospitals, including Accident and Emergency services, and full consultant-ledobstetric andpaediatric hospital services for women, children and babies. In 2005 the hospital received the maximum three star rating from theHealthcare Commission in recognition of the quality of its services [http://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/documents/TamesideAcuteGetsThreeStarsRelease27072005.pdf] , and was granted Foundation Trust status on 1st February 2008.History
Tameside Hospital has been around in one form or another since its foundation in 1861 by founders Samuel Oldham and Henry Darnton. Oldham’s stated intention in founding Ashton District Infirmary was to create an institution “for the relief and cure of sick and indigent persons resident, employed, or having been employed within 3 ½ miles of
Ashton Town Hall .” After its formation a separateworkhouse was built nearby.Upon the formation of the
National Health Service in 1948, the old hospital joined with the buildings of the old workhouse to form the new Ashton-under-Lyne General Hospital, now dedicated to fulfilling the NHS’s ideals of providing healthcare to all, regardless of ability to pay. The hospital changed its name to Tameside General Hospital in 1976, and over the following decades new buildings were built to provide better standards of care for local people.Local Population
Located near the
Pennines , eight miles to the east of Manchester, the hospital serves a population of over 250,000. The population is concentrated in the largelyurban area s of the townships of Tameside (Ashton-under-Lyne,Audenshaw , Denton,Droylsden ,Dukinfield , Hyde,Longdendale ,Mossley andStalybridge ) which comprises Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Glossop, with its population of approximately 28,000 is part of Derbyshire High Peak Borough Council, which provides the challenges of a morerural community.Redevelopment
Work to rebuild Tameside General Hospital will begin summer 2007 at a cost of £90 Million, crumbling buildings will be replaced with state-of-the-art facilities, comprising new wards, x-ray clinics, multi-storey car park, main entrance, new Pathology Laboratory, and Education and Training Centre.
A new Mental Health Unit will look over Stamford Park towards the
Peak District and it is hoped the scenic views will help aid patients recovery.The redevelopment is expected to be rubber stamped by the Department of Health in early summer 2007, redevelopment will then be implemented in phases, beginning May 2007 and lasting 4 years.
External links
* [http://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/pages/default.asp Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust]
* [http://www.tamesideadvertiser.co.uk Tameside Advertiser]
* [http://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/pages/PublicNews.asp 22/01/2007 - Planning Permission Granted for Major Hospital Redevelopment]
* [http://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/pages/hithome_N.asp Health Investment In Tameside]
* http://www.glossop.com/tameside_hospital.htm
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