The Royal Oldham Hospital is a NHS hospital in the Coldhurst area of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It is managed by the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital has its own volunteer-run radio station, Radio Cavell, which broadcasts at 1350 AM.[2]
| Royal Oldham Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Royal Oldham Hospital | |
  Shown in Greater Manchester | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°33′10″N 2°07′22″W / 53.5528°N 2.1227°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 191[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | c.1870 (as a workhouse infirmary) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.pat.nhs.uk |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe hospital has its origins in the workhouse infirmary established to support the Oldham Union Workhouse on the Rochdale Road in around 1870.[3] It became the Boundary Park Hospital in the late 1920s and, after joining the National Health Service in 1948, it became Oldham and District General Hospital in 1955.[4]
The hospital was the birthplace of English physicist Brian Cox, who is a professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester; he was born in 1968. [5] The hospital was also the birthplace of Louise Brown, the world's first successful in vitro fertilised "test tube baby", on 25 July 1978.[6]
In April 2018 the hospital joined the National Bereavement Care Pathway, which intends to ensure a common standard in bereavement care for parents.[7]
Radio Cavell
editRadio Cavell, founded in 1952, provides a hospital radio service in the hospital.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust". Care Quality Commission. p. 45. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "Official website". Radio Cavell.
- ^ "Oldham". Workhouses. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Royal Oldham Hospital, Oldham". National Archives. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "TV star Professor Cox goes back to school for a day!". Oldham Evening Chronicle. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "First test-tube baby hails birth pioneers". Oldham Evening Chronicle. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Royal Oldham hospital joins the National Bereavement Care Pathway". Rochdale News. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Radio Cavell". Hospital Broadcasting Association. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
