Derbyshire Children's Hospital

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Derbyshire Children's Hospital is a children's hospital in Derby, Derbyshire in the United Kingdom. It is managed by the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.[1] It was the only entirely new children's hospital built in the UK in the twentieth century.[2]

History[]

The hospital was established as the Derbyshire Hospital for Sick Children in a Victorian building on North Street in 1877.[3] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and moved to a modern building on the Royal Derby Hospital site in 1996. It was the only entirely new children's hospital built in the UK in the twentieth century.[2]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Welcome". University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Sweetening the pill". Architects' Journal. 1996. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Derbyshire Hospital for Sick Children, Derby". National Archives. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

Coordinates: 52°54′35″N 1°30′46″W / 52.9098°N 1.5127°W / 52.9098; -1.5127

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