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as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. At that time it had 2211 full time equivalent staff and a sickness absence rate of 3.96%. 75% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 63% recommended it as a place to work. It spent 7.2% of its total turnover on agency staff in
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In 2001, it was reported in the local press that bodies were being stored on the floor of the chapel of rest, while part of the hospital's mortuary was undergoing maintenance. An internal inquiry found, that although the bodies were tampered with before the photographs were taken, the hospital's
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and it was intended that the Trust would be a subcontractor. In November the Trust announced that it had refused to sign the contract because it endangered the viability of its trauma and Accident and Emergency service as the number of referrals dropped by 30%.
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The Primrose Centre for cancer patients was completed in 2003, the redevelopment of the pathology services unit was completed in 2006, a surgical assessment unit was completed in 2012 and an endoscopy unit was completed in 2015.
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Bedford Health Village (North Wing): Some services are based at the Bedford Health Village, two miles north of the main site. This site (which used to be known as North Wing) includes the old Bedford
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was reviewing of health services in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes in an attempt to avert "significant problems ahead" in the local hospitals.
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Major recent developments have included the Cygnet Wing, which provides paediatric, maternity and gynaecology and which was opened by
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was awarded a prime provider contract for Bedfordshire's Musculoskeletal service in April 2014 by the
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Main site (South Wing): Bedford Hospital is mainly situated on Britannia Road/Ampthill Road in the
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services and the outpatients services. The main site houses BEDOC, NHS Bedfordshire CCG's
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and rehabilitation facilities, as well as a chest clinic and a drop-in dental service.
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In September 2017 plans were announced to merge the Bedford Hospital NHS Trust with
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area of Bedford. This site (still popularly known as South Wing) is home to the
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Bedfordshire and Luton Mental Health and Social Care Partnership NHS Trust
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management was at fault, and the chief executive subsequently resigned.
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is a 400-bed district general hospital located in the English town of
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Four-hour target in the emergency department quarterly figures from
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Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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made swift progress and the hospital opened in 1803.
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Gilbert Hitchcock House at the Bedford Health Village
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Bedford Hospital NHS Trust
Bedford Provincial Hospital (Eastern Cape)
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bedford Hospital is located in Bedfordshire
Bedford
Coordinates
52°07′44″N 0°28′18″W / 52.128857°N 0.471743°W / 52.128857; -0.471743
Care system
NHS
Funding
Public hospital
Type
General
Emergency department
bedfordhospital.nhs.uk
Hospitals in England
Bedford
Borough of Bedford
Central Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust



Samuel Whitbread
Duke of Bedford
Lord John Russell
Samuel Whitbread
the Queen
East London NHS Foundation Trust

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