Care system Public NHS Lists Hospitals in England Number of beds 400 | Hospital type District General Phone +44 1793 604020 Founded 2002 | |
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Location Swindon, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency Website Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Address Marlborough Rd, Swindon SN3 6BB, UK Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hours Profiles | ||
A day in the life of the great western hospitals nhs foundation trust
the Great Western Hospital is a large hospital situated in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, next to junction 15 of the M4 motorway run by the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Hm65 landing at great western hospital swindon 2nd march 2015
Building
The architect was Whicheloe Macfarlane, who designed the hospital with a concrete frame design. Flat slab concrete floors 30 centimetres (12 in) deep are supported by a nominal 7.2 metres (24 ft) square grid of concrete columns. The outside of the building is covered in 7,600 square metres (82,000 sq ft) of cream coloured precast concrete cladding panels which each weigh 14 tonnes and span 7 by 4 metres (23 ft × 13 ft). They attempt to replicate the appearance of Wiltshire stone. There are six floors comprising a total of 55,000 square metres (590,000 sq ft) of floor space.
The hospital was one of the first to be built under the Private Finance Initiative at a cost of £148 m, with Carillion as the lead contractor.
Opening
The hospital opened in 2002 to replace the services previously provided at the Princess Margaret Hospital, which had served the town since 1959. It was formally opened by HRH Prince Philip on 28 February 2003.
Facilities
The facilities at the hospital include an accident and emergency department which sees approximately 77,000 patients per year, an Acute Assessment Unit, a twelve bedded intensive care / high dependency unit, an intermediate care centre on site, a health and social care education centre called the academy, and a wide range of wards and clinics, including 400 in-patient beds, serving approximately 300,000 people.
The hospital includes many inpatient medical wards, including Geriatric, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastrointestinal, Respiratory, Oncology/Hematology. As well as specialist facilities including an Acute Stroke Unit, Acute Cardiac Unit and an Intensive Care Unit.
The hospital also has a dedicated surgical wing, known as the Brunel Treatment Centre. Here it includes a Vascular & Urology, Orthopedic, and a ward dedicated to Gastrointestinal, ophthalmic and head and neck surgery. This wing also contains the private patients suite. The Hospital also has its own Trauma Unit based within the main hospital building.