Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital
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Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital (previously Scartho Road hospital) is situated off Scartho Road, Grimsby
, Lincolnshire
, England
. It was renamed in the Princess
' honour after her death because she had opened it a decade before on 26 July 1983.
The hospital is part of the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
It was built in 1983 and in 2001 the Trust running the hospital merged with its counterpart running Scunthorpe and Goole Hospitals. Many millions of pounds has been spent on upgrading the hospital in recent years.
These developments include a new cardiology unit, a new breast care unit, a new Family Services Unit and the first phase of a new Accident and Emergency unit was completed in August 2008.
At the forefront of infection control, the Trust was a pioneer of the cleanyourhands campaign.
.
Grimsby
Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was renamed in the Princess
Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and an international charity and fundraising figure, as well as a preeminent celebrity of the late 20th century...
' honour after her death because she had opened it a decade before on 26 July 1983.
The hospital is part of the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
It was built in 1983 and in 2001 the Trust running the hospital merged with its counterpart running Scunthorpe and Goole Hospitals. Many millions of pounds has been spent on upgrading the hospital in recent years.
These developments include a new cardiology unit, a new breast care unit, a new Family Services Unit and the first phase of a new Accident and Emergency unit was completed in August 2008.
At the forefront of infection control, the Trust was a pioneer of the cleanyourhands campaign.
In film
The hospital was used for filming scenes of the 1986 film ClockwiseClockwise (film)
Clockwise is a 1986 British comedy film starring John Cleese. It was directed by Christopher Morahan, written by Michael Frayn and produced by Michael Codron. The film was co-produced by Moment Films and Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment...
.
External links
- http://www.nlg.nhs.uk