East Riding General Hospital
| East Riding General Hospital | |
|---|---|
 East Riding General Hospital | |
  Shown in East Riding of Yorkshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bridlington Road, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 54°00′44″N 0°25′28″W / 54.0121°N 0.4244°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1868 |
| Closed | 1990 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
East Riding General Hospital was a health facility in Bridlington Road, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
History[edit]
The facility had its origins in the Driffield Union Workhouse which was designed by John Edwin Oates and opened in 1868.[1] An infirmary was established at the north end of the site.[1][2] It became the Driffield Public Assistance Institution in 1930.[1] During the Second World War, an emergency medical service hospital known as Driffield Base Hospital was built on the site.[1] It joined the National Health Service as the East Riding County Hospital in 1948[1] and became the East Riding General Hospital in 1950.[3] As it expanded it took over many of the old workhouse buildings and modern operating theatre facilities were also built on the site in the 1960s.[4] After local services had transferred to the Alfred Bean Hospital, East Riding General Hospital closed in 1990.[1] The buildings were demolished in 1992 and the site was sold for residential development.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Driffield". Workhouses. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (2002). Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. Yale University Press. p. 442. ISBN 978-0300095937.
- ^ "East Riding General Hospital, Driffield". National Archives. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "East Riding General Hospital". East Riding Museums. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Historic Hospitals" (PDF). East Riding Museums. Retrieved 19 January 2020.