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The facility was renamed Trafford General Hospital in 1988. [3] The maternity unit was closed in 2010 [ 6 ] and the accident and emergency unit was closed in 2013 under instruction by health secretary Jeremy Hunt , [ 7 ] despite a long campaign by interested parties. [ 8 ]
The trust is the main provider of hospital care to approximately 750,000 people in the areas covered by the Manchester & Trafford Local Care Organisations. [14] It is also the lead provider of multiple specialist services to the 2.8 million people in the Greater Manchester conurbation [14] including:
The Infirmary, Manchester Convalescent Home, St Mary's, the Royal Eye Hospital, the Dental Hospital and the Foot Hospital in Manchester were entitled The United Manchester Hospitals when they were taken into the National Health Service in 1948 and run by one hospital management committee. [1] Sir Mike Deegan was Chief Executive from 2001. [2]
The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948. [3] In 1956, Joy Division singer Ian Curtis was born at the Hospital [4] and in 1958, Andy Gibb, the brother of the Bee Gees, was born. [5] In October 1985, it was converted for use as a geriatric hospital, and later became the base for Trafford's Child and Adolescent Mental Health ...
Between 2010 and 2015 there was a 5.9% cut in the number of mental health beds from 1,491 to 1,403. During the same period, the number of people admitted by the three mental health trusts in the conurbation has increased by 23% from 8,327 to 10,246. [11]
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Blue Plaque, Trafford General Hospital. Trafford General Hospital opened in 1929 and was originally called Davyhulme Park Hospital. It became the first NHS hospital in 1948. [7] A blue plaque commemorating the birth of the NHS on 5th July 1948 can be found on display at the hospital entrance.
[9] [b] [c] Similarly, after the Northern Hospital for Women and Children closed in 1994, women's and children's services were centralised at the North Manchester General Hospital [12] [d] and a new women's and children's block opened in June 2010. [14] Plans to build a new intermediate care centre were announced in 2019. [15]