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Castle Hill Hospital
Castle Hill Hospital is an NHS hospital to the west of Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, run by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. History Hull Sanatorium, designed by Joseph Hirst, was built on the site of Baynard Castle, Cottingham, Cottingham Castle, a large castellated mansion which had burnt down in 1861, between 1913 and 1916. In 1928 the City Hospital for infectious diseases moved from its original location on Hedon Road to newly erected buildings on the Hull Sanatorium site. A major expansion of the hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2005. The Queen's Centre for Oncology and Haematology, which was designed by HLM Architects and built by Shepherd Building Group at a cost of £65 million, was completed in August 2008, and was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in March 2009. In 2022 an 11,000-panel solar farm was installed on site to supply the hospital with enough e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
The Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust operates in the city of Kingston upon Hull, Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The Trust was formed on 1 October 1999 by the merger of the East Yorkshire Hospitals and the Royal Hull Hospitals National Health Service Trusts. It is based on two sites, Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital. The Trust is in the top five largest trusts in England and provides acute care for a local population of 600,000 and over 1.2 million people for tertiary services. The Trust employs over 8,500 people and has an annual turnover of over £500 million. It changed its name from Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust to Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in 2019. Management Christopher Long is the current Chief Executive Officer at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and has been so since September 2014. The former boss of Hull primary care trust, Primary Care Trust replaced previous CEO, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottingham, East Riding Of Yorkshire
Cottingham is a large village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies north-west of the centre of Kingston upon Hull, and south-east of Beverley on the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds. It has two main shopping streets, Hallgate and King Street, which cross each other near the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, and a market square called Market Green. Cottingham had a population of 17,164 residents in 2011, making it larger by area and population than many towns. As a result, it is one of the villages claiming to be the largest village in England. History Origin of name The name Cottingham is believed to derive from an Old English man's name ''Cot(t)a'' plus ''-ingaham'', meaning the "Homestead/village of Cott's/Cotta's people". Archaic spellings include ''Cotingeham'' (Domesday, 1086), and ''Cotingham'', ''Cottingham'' and ''Cotyngham'' (1150s). Medieval period The pre-Conquest owner of Cottingham was Gamel, the son of Osbert, during the rei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hospital
A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized Medical Science, health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emergency department to treat urgent health problems ranging from fire and accident victims to a sudden illness. A district hospital typically is the major health care facility in its region, with many beds for intensive care and additional beds for patients who need long-term care. Specialized hospitals include trauma centers, rehabilitation hospitals, children's hospitals, geriatric hospitals, and hospitals for specific medical needs, such as psychiatric hospitals for psychiatry, psychiatric treatment and other disease-specific categories. Specialized hospitals can help reduce health care costs compared to general hospitals. Hospitals are classified as general, specialty, or government depending on the sources of income received. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It shares Anglo-Scottish border, a land border with Scotland to the north and England–Wales border, another land border with Wales to the west, and is otherwise surrounded by the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south, the Celtic Sea to the south-west, and the Irish Sea to the west. Continental Europe lies to the south-east, and Ireland to the west. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population was 56,490,048. London is both List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, the largest city and the Capital city, capital. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic. It takes its name from the Angles (tribe), Angles, a Germanic peoples, Germanic tribe who settled du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Hirst
Joseph Henry Hirst (1863–1945) was a leading architect of the post-Victorian era based in Kingston upon Hull. Life He was born in 1863 in South Milford, Yorkshire, the son of William Hirst (1833-1918) and Mary Ann Carr (1839-1883). He married Hannah Whitehead (1852-1951) in 1890 in St Charles Catholic Church, Hull. They had the following children: *Captain Joseph Francis Xavier Hirst MC (1891-1978) *William Leo Hirst (1896-1983) *Irene Mary Hirst (1900-1973) During the Second World War his home in Hymers Avenue, Hull was damaged in an air raid. He moved to Selby where he died aged 82. Career He started his career as a surveyor under Colonel William H. Wellsted. He was appointed first City Architect for Kingston upon Hull on 1 January 1900, and he retained this until retirement on 1 July 1926 and was "the man who more than any other designed the face of the modern city". He was responsible for some of Hull's best-known buildings, among them the City Hall, swimming baths, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baynard Castle, Cottingham
Baynard Castle was a moated castle built in the 12th and 13th centuries in the village of Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was referred to by terms including the 'castle at Cottingham' or 'Stuteville's castle'; the term ''Baynard Castle'' is common in 19th-century references and later. Description The castle earthworks were rectangular in shape, with a bank and ditch, enclosing approximately , a second line of ditch fortifications protected the northern half of the castle. A keep is postulated to have been in the north-east corner, and the current (2012) entrance to the site in the south-east quadrant is thought to relate to the original entrance. History References to a manor house at the castle site in Cottingham date to as early as the 1170s; in 1200 William de Stuteville entertained John of England, King John I in Cottingham, receiving permission for a market and to strengthen the castle at Cottingham; in 1201 a licence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Finance Initiative
The private finance initiative (PFI) was a United Kingdom government procurement policy aimed at creating "public–private partnerships" (PPPs) where private firms are contracted to complete and manage public projects. Initially launched in 1992 by Prime Minister John Major, and expanded considerably by the Blair government, PFI is part of the wider programme of privatisation and macroeconomic public policy, and presented as a means for increasing accountability and efficiency for public spending. PFI is controversial in the UK. In 2003, the National Audit Office felt that it provided good value for money overall; according to critics, PFI has been used simply to place a great amount of debt "off-balance-sheet". In 2011, the parliamentary Treasury Select Committee recommended: In October 2018, the Chancellor Philip Hammond announced that the UK government would no longer use PFI for new infrastructure projects; however, PFI projects would continue to operate for some time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shepherd Building Group
Shepherd Building Group Ltd is a family owned business, based in York, that manufactures, leases and sells modular buildings in the UK and Europe. Its brands include Portakabin and Portaloo. The company was one of the largest privately owned General contractor, building contractors in the UK, but sold that business to Wates Group in 2015. History In 1890, 35 year old joiner Frederick Shepherd started the business in York. His younger son Frederick Welton Shepherd joined and expanded the firm known, from 1910, as F Shepherd and Son. They diversified from house building to general contracting, and Incorporation (business), incorporated, in 1924, as F Shepherd and Son Ltd. By the late 1930s there was a workforce of 700 that operated throughout Yorkshire, and also the North East of England. Main contractor The firm undertook extensive work at military sites up to, and during, the Second World War. Post conflict contracts were predominantly public sector, often incorporating prefa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She had been queen regnant of List of sovereign states headed by Elizabeth II, 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign, longest of any British monarch, the List of longest-reigning monarchs, second-longest of any sovereign state, and the List of female monarchs, longest of any queen regnant in history. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, during the reign of her paternal grandfather, King George V. She was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon Abdication of Edward VIII, the abdic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 19219 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from his wife's accession on 6 February 1952 until Death and funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in history. Philip was born in Greece into the Greek royal family, Greek and Danish royal family, Danish royal families; his family was exiled from the country when he was eighteen months old. After being educated in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the Royal Navy in 1939, when he was 18 years old. In July 1939, Philip began corresponding with the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth, the elder daughter and heir presumptive of King George VI. During the Second World War, he served with distinction in the British Mediterranean Fleet, Mediterranean and Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 North Yorkshire (part) *The James Cook University Hospital – Middlesbrough *Roseberry Park Hospital – Middlesbrough Tyne and Wear North West Cheshire Cumbria Greater Manchester Lancashire Merseyside South East South Central South West West Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber East Riding of Yorkshire Lincolnshire (part) North Yorkshire (part) South Yorkshire West Yorkshire References External links * {{Europe topic, List of hospitals in, state=expand, UK_only=no List List Hospitals England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
