Churchill Hospital

The Churchill Hospital is a teaching hospital in Oxford, England. It is managed by the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Churchill Hospital
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
The front of Churchill Hospital
Location within Oxfordshire
Geography
LocationOxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care systemPublic NHS
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityUniversity of Oxford
Oxford Brookes University
Services
Emergency departmentNo Accident & Emergency
Beds180 in-patient
100 day care
History
Opened1942
Links
Websitehttp://www.oxfordradcliffe.nhs.uk/
ListsHospitals in England

History

The original hospital on the site was built in 1940 with the intention of providing medical aid to people suffering orthopaedic injuries as a result of air raids during the Second World War.[1] This proved unnecessary, and the building was leased to the United States Army medical services, who were relocating from Basingstoke.[2] The new American hospital was named after Sir Winston Churchill, the then Prime Minister,[1] and was opened by the Duchess of Kent on 27 January 1942.[3]

The US Army left the hospital at the end of the war and it was taken over by the local council and reopened as a conventional hospital in January 1946.[1] The Churchill Hospital came under common management with the John Radcliffe Hospital in April 1993 and with the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in November 2011.[3] New cancer treatment facilities were procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2005. The new facility, which was built by a joint venture of Alfred McAlpine and Impregilo at a cost of £125 million, opened in 2009.[4]

On 4 January 2021, the hospital was the first to administer the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca's AZD1222 COVID-19 vaccine (outside trials). This started the UK's rollout of the second vaccine to enter the programme. Brian Pinker 82, was the recipient.[5]

Facilities

As well as being an important centre for the treatment of cancer patients, the Churchill specialises in kidney transplants, diabetes, endocrinology, oncology, dermatology, haemophilia, infectious diseases, chest medicine, medical genetics and palliative care.[6]

See also

References
  1. Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C J; Hassall, T G; Jessup, Mary; Selwyn, Nesta (1979). "'Public Services', in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 4, the City of Oxford, ed. Alan Crossley and C R Elrington". London: British History Online. pp. 350–364. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. Dyke, Lester Maris (1966). Oxford Angel: the 91st General Hospital in World War II.
  3. "Our history". Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. "Alfred McAlpine JV wins £125m hospital contract". Building. 19 December 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. "Covid: Oxford vaccine rollout under way across the UK". BBC News. BBC. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  6. "Churchill Hospital". Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

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