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The '''Churchill Hospital''' is a [[teaching hospital]] in [[Oxford]], [[England]].
The '''Churchill Hospital''' is a [[teaching hospital]] in [[Oxford]], [[England]].


The hospital is primarily a centre for the treatment of cancer patients, but also has urology etc. departments and houses research and teaching facilities for the [[University of Oxford]] and [[Oxford Brookes University]]. It is part of [[Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust]]. It was named after [[Clementine Churchill]], wife of [[Winston Churchill]], the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when a hospital was first built on the site in 1940.
The hospital is primarily a centre for the treatment of cancer patients, but also has urology etc. departments and houses research and teaching facilities for the [[University of Oxford]] and [[Oxford Brookes University]]. It is part of [[Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust]]. It was named after [[Clementine Churchill]], wife of [[Winston Churchill]], the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when a hospital was first built on the site in 1940. Churchill Hospital is considering delaying chemotherapy for cancer patients and restricting the number of rounds of therapy patients can receive due to shortage of nurses to administer the drugs.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/30/nhs-england-short-of-more-than-400-specialist-cancer-nurses-report-says NHS England short of more than 400 specialist cancer nurses, report says] ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref>


The first hospital on the Churchill site was built in 1940, with the intention of providing medical aid to people injured as a result of air raids during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. This proved unnecessary, and the building was leased to the [[United States Army]] medical services, who were relocating from [[Basingstoke]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Lester Maris|last=Dyke|title=Oxford Angel: the 91st General Hospital in World War II|year=1966}}</ref> 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.
The first hospital on the Churchill site was built in 1940, with the intention of providing medical aid to people injured as a result of air raids during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. This proved unnecessary, and the building was leased to the [[United States Army]] medical services, who were relocating from [[Basingstoke]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Lester Maris|last=Dyke|title=Oxford Angel: the 91st General Hospital in World War II|year=1966}}</ref> 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.

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Churchill Hospital
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
The front of Churchill Hospital
Map
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

The Churchill Hospital is a teaching hospital in Oxford, England.

The hospital is primarily a centre for the treatment of cancer patients, but also has urology etc. departments and houses research and teaching facilities for the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University. It is part of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. It was named after Clementine Churchill, wife of Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when a hospital was first built on the site in 1940. Churchill Hospital is considering delaying chemotherapy for cancer patients and restricting the number of rounds of therapy patients can receive due to shortage of nurses to administer the drugs.[1]

The first hospital on the Churchill site was built in 1940, with the intention of providing medical aid to people injured as a result of air raids during the Second World War. This proved unnecessary, and the building was leased to the United States Army medical services, who were relocating from Basingstoke.[2] 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.

In April 1994 the hospital joined the newly formed Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust along with the John Radcliffe Hospital and the Radcliffe Infirmary. 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.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ NHS England short of more than 400 specialist cancer nurses, report says The Guardian
  2. ^ Dyke, Lester Maris (1966). Oxford Angel: the 91st General Hospital in World War II.
  3. ^ "Churchill Hospital". Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

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