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The Walsgrave, and Coventry and Warwickshire Hospitals were replaced by a new 'super hospital' at the Walsgrave site which was procured under a private finance initiative (PFI) contract in 2002. The new hospital was designed by Nightingale Associates [5] and built by Skanska at a cost of £440 million. [6]
The Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital was a former hospital in Coventry, England, on Stoney Stanton Road on the northern edge of the city centre. The hospital was opened in 1867 and closed in 2006, to be replaced by the new University Hospital Coventry sited about 4 miles (6.4 km) north east of the centre.
In 2001 he had exposed the cases of two patients who had died in crowded bays at Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry. In April 2014 an Employment Tribunal found "did not cause or contribute to his dismissal" and had been subject to "many detriments" by the trust as a consequence of being a Whistleblower . [ 7 ]
The hospital, which was designed to have 48 beds and was built at a cost of £25 million, opened in February 2006. [2] In April 2013 it was accused of instructing doctors to delay NHS operations to encourage patients to go private instead.
The Trust developed Stratford Hospital with cancer and an eye ward built at the site of the existing hospital on Arden Street at a cost of £22 million. [10] This was partly financed by a Section 106 agreement with Coventry City Council , based on increased service demand from residents in new development, a £1,500 levy on each new dwelling in ...
This building is now home to the Dean's Office, the Warwick Clinical Trials Unit and HSRI. The Clinical Sciences Research Institute was opened on the site of University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire in 2005, by Sir Graeme Catto, President of the General Medical Council. In 2006, the school opened a Biomedical Learning Grid for students.
The hospital became the main birthplace for local babies after the Cay Block opened in 1939. [2] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 [3] and Radio Warneford first broadcast in 1973. [5] After services transferred to either Warwick Hospital or Walsgrave Hospital (now University Hospital Coventry), the hospital closed in 1993. [1]
The hospital was established in 1995, largely to replace the outdated Central Hospital in the nearby village of Hatton. [1] The hospital was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 8 November 1996. [2] A new psychotherapy unit known as The Pines (the wards are generally named after trees) opened at the hospital in April 2004. [3]