Rotherham General Hospital is an acute general hospital in
Rotherham
Rotherham ( ) is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies at the confluence of the River Rother, South Yorkshire, River Rother, from which the town gets its name, and the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don. It is the largest settlement ...
,
South Yorkshire
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, England. It is managed by the
Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The hospital has its origins in a sanatorium created at Oakwood Hall for soldiers gassed in the trenches.
A modern hospital was built on the Oakwood Hall estate between 1972 and 1978.
[ The special care baby unit, which had been located at Doncaster Gate Hospital, was transferred to Rotherham General Hospital in 1984.][
The hospital was featured in '' Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS?'' an ]Open University
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series shown on BBC2 in January 2007.[
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See also
* List of hospitals in England
The following is a list of hospitals in England. For NHS trusts, see the list of NHS Trusts.
East Midlands
East of England
London North central
East
North west
South east
South west
North East County Durham
Northumberland
No ...
References
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Hospitals in South Yorkshire
NHS hospitals in England
Buildings and structures in Rotherham