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'''Thornton View hospital''' was an 82-bed geriatric hospital near [[Clayton, West Yorkshire]], on the site of the North Bierley Union workhouse.<ref>{{cite web|title=North Bierley, West Riding of Yorkshire|url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/NorthBierley/|publisher=The Workhouse|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1983/jan/21/thornton-view-hospital-bradford|title= Thornton View Hospital, Bradford, HC Deb 21 January 1983 vol 35 cc637-42|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 21 Jan 1983|website= Parliament.uk|publisher= Parliament|access-date= 3 July 2018|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1984/jun/13/thornton-view-hospital|title= Thornton View Hospital, HC Deb 13 June 1984 vol 61 cc1046-52|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 13 June 1984|website= Parliament.uk|publisher= Parliament|access-date= 3 June 2018|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101133655-gate-house-block-highgate-house-rear-block-and-chimney-stack-at-thornton-view-hospital-clayton#.WzwjOtJKhPY|title= Gate House Block, Highgate House, Rear Block and Chimney Stack at Thornton View Hospital|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|publisher= British Listed Buildings|access-date= 3 July 2018|quote=}}</ref> |
'''Thornton View hospital''' was an 82-bed geriatric hospital near [[Clayton, West Yorkshire]], on the site of the North Bierley Union workhouse.<ref>{{cite web|title=North Bierley, West Riding of Yorkshire|url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/NorthBierley/|publisher=The Workhouse|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref><ref name=parl1>{{cite web |url= https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1983/jan/21/thornton-view-hospital-bradford|title= Thornton View Hospital, Bradford, HC Deb 21 January 1983 vol 35 cc637-42|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 21 Jan 1983|website= Parliament.uk|publisher= Parliament|access-date= 3 July 2018|quote=}}</ref><ref name=parl2>{{cite web |url= https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1984/jun/13/thornton-view-hospital|title= Thornton View Hospital, HC Deb 13 June 1984 vol 61 cc1046-52|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 13 June 1984|website= Parliament.uk|publisher= Parliament|access-date= 3 June 2018|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101133655-gate-house-block-highgate-house-rear-block-and-chimney-stack-at-thornton-view-hospital-clayton#.WzwjOtJKhPY|title= Gate House Block, Highgate House, Rear Block and Chimney Stack at Thornton View Hospital|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= britishlistedbuildings.co.uk|publisher= British Listed Buildings|access-date= 3 July 2018|quote=}}</ref> |
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The hospital was built between 1853 to 1872 as a [[English Poor Laws|Poor Law instution]] |
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The hospital was slated for closure in 1983 to cut expenditure, which led to bitter resentment by the residents of the town of Bradford.<ref name=parl1></ref>The hospital had 82 beds with 70 patients<ref name=parl1></ref> and housed primarily long term elderly patients with no with no living family members. The impending closure would result in distributing the long term patients to similar facilities nearby. The closure was discussed in Parliament in January of 1983<ref name=parl1></ref> and against in June of 1984.<ref name=parl2></ref> |
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| ⚫ | The hospital was occupied by staff led by [[Alex Corina]] resisting closure from August 1983 until April 1985, in an effort to redesignate the hospital as a geriatric hospital.<ref name=parl2></ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Thornton View Hospital Occupation|url=http://cohse-union.blogspot.co.uk/2008/01/thornton-view-hospital-occupation.html|publisher=COHSE|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref> A petition was circulated which resulted in 30,000 signatures and the support of area residents, the Bradford community health council, the Bradford city council as well as family members of the hospital patients.<ref name=parl2></ref> |
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<!---original research: "I was the Male Unit Charge Nurse, paid as a Ward Charge Nurse at £625.00 per annum from July 1959 to December 1959, there were two excellent GP's from the Necropolis Road Surgery ( a name to conjure with) and two SEAN Nurses, I was the only SRN. I forget exactly how many patients we had, but we had a small annexe of about 10 beds plus two large wards, a long ward divided by the office and stairwell to the upstairs female wing, were Norman Pedder was the Charge Nurse. The Hospital was then an Approved SEAN training hospital and there was a very pleasant female Tutor who I rarely met, we had no pupils on the Male Wing. I have forgotten who was Matron and Assistant Matron, also forgotten who the Consultant was who I knew slightly from my days at St. Luke's were I trained 1949/52 I qualified at 21 in October 1952, Matron Copeland referenced me for the job, as I had ceased Nursing and gone to study with the intention of being a Doctor. The Male Unit was a very caring unit, our patients were very poorly but no further remedies were available to treat them, it was virtually a hospice then generally unknown. Part three accommodation was on the same site, and they would supply clothing, new suits, which would cheer up some of our patients who could sit in a chair by their bed. By today's standards this was a very modest enterprise, we worked a 48 hours week, my SEAN Staff Nurses were on £500.00 enhanced pay per annum, how much is that per hour, even taking inflation into account, it was a hard time in retrospect, but at the time that is how things were.---> |
<!---original research: "I was the Male Unit Charge Nurse, paid as a Ward Charge Nurse at £625.00 per annum from July 1959 to December 1959, there were two excellent GP's from the Necropolis Road Surgery ( a name to conjure with) and two SEAN Nurses, I was the only SRN. I forget exactly how many patients we had, but we had a small annexe of about 10 beds plus two large wards, a long ward divided by the office and stairwell to the upstairs female wing, were Norman Pedder was the Charge Nurse. The Hospital was then an Approved SEAN training hospital and there was a very pleasant female Tutor who I rarely met, we had no pupils on the Male Wing. I have forgotten who was Matron and Assistant Matron, also forgotten who the Consultant was who I knew slightly from my days at St. Luke's were I trained 1949/52 I qualified at 21 in October 1952, Matron Copeland referenced me for the job, as I had ceased Nursing and gone to study with the intention of being a Doctor. The Male Unit was a very caring unit, our patients were very poorly but no further remedies were available to treat them, it was virtually a hospice then generally unknown. Part three accommodation was on the same site, and they would supply clothing, new suits, which would cheer up some of our patients who could sit in a chair by their bed. By today's standards this was a very modest enterprise, we worked a 48 hours week, my SEAN Staff Nurses were on £500.00 enhanced pay per annum, how much is that per hour, even taking inflation into account, it was a hard time in retrospect, but at the time that is how things were.---> |
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Thornton View hospital was an 82-bed geriatric hospital near Clayton, West Yorkshire, on the site of the North Bierley Union workhouse.[1][2][3][4]
The hospital was built between 1853 to 1872 as a Poor Law instution
The hospital was slated for closure in 1983 to cut expenditure, which led to bitter resentment by the residents of the town of Bradford.[2]The hospital had 82 beds with 70 patients[2] and housed primarily long term elderly patients with no with no living family members. The impending closure would result in distributing the long term patients to similar facilities nearby. The closure was discussed in Parliament in January of 1983[2] and against in June of 1984.[3]
The hospital was occupied by staff led by Alex Corina resisting closure from August 1983 until April 1985, in an effort to redesignate the hospital as a geriatric hospital.[3][5] A petition was circulated which resulted in 30,000 signatures and the support of area residents, the Bradford community health council, the Bradford city council as well as family members of the hospital patients.[3]
References
- ^ "North Bierley, West Riding of Yorkshire". The Workhouse. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Thornton View Hospital, Bradford, HC Deb 21 January 1983 vol 35 cc637-42". Parliament.uk. Parliament. 21 Jan 1983. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Thornton View Hospital, HC Deb 13 June 1984 vol 61 cc1046-52". Parliament.uk. Parliament. 13 June 1984. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Gate House Block, Highgate House, Rear Block and Chimney Stack at Thornton View Hospital". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Thornton View Hospital Occupation". COHSE. Retrieved 11 April 2014.