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Frenchay Hospital

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were the 2nd and 77th Evacuation Hospitals and the 152nd Station Hospital. Further expansion to the facilities including 27 wards, occurred in late 1942 and it was occupied by the 298th General Hospital. Initially, the Americans used the hospital mainly as training facility for their medical staff.
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The Save Frenchay Hospital campaign group pressed for a community hospital to be opened on the site. In 2015, the site which had extended to 63 acres (25 ha), was reduced to 6 acres (2.4 ha) with the construction of 490 homes, a school and a clinic.
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Over the second half of the 20th century, the hospital facilities were slowly modernised, but some wartime buildings were retained. In 2000, a new children's ward, The Barbara Russell Children's Unit, was opened after public fundraising toward the
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led to the hospital being greatly expanded between 1938 and early 1942. Although Bristol was severely bombed, the new facilities remained unused.
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The accident and emergency department was transferred to the new Southmead Hospital on 19 May 2014, following local advertising of the change.
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or arrived by train from the channel ports. Between 5 August and 31 December 1944 a total of 4,954 patients were discharged from Frenchay.
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From April to December 2014, most of Frenchay Hospital was progressively closed, with the majority of services moving to a new building at
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in spring 2014. The hospital had extensive grounds some of which were marketed for sale. A Save Frenchay Hospital campaign was fronted by
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acquired the land. In 1931, five purpose-built buildings were constructed to extend the hospital beyond the original house.
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arrived in 1942, the city handed the new hospital facilities over to the Americans, as a sort of reverse
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to accommodate child services which moved from Frenchay in March 2014, including
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Frenchay Hospital was downsized after many services were transferred to
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Operation Bolero: The Americans in Bristol and the West Country 1942-45
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in 1948. In 1953, patients and the staff were visited by
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Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
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Barabara Russell Children's Unit just before closure
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North Bristol NHS Trust

Frenchay Hospital is located in Gloucestershire
Frenchay
South Gloucestershire
Coordinates
51°29′52″N 2°31′30″W / 51.4977°N 2.5249°W / 51.4977; -2.5249
Care system
NHS
Type
District General
Affiliated university
University of Bristol
University of West of England
Emergency department
www.nbt.nhs.uk/our-hospitals/frenchay-hospital
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Hospitals in England
Frenchay
South Gloucestershire
Bristol
North Bristol NHS Trust
Southmead Hospital
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Georgian
tuberculosis
Bristol Corporation

bombing
casualties

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