Broomfield Hospital is an acute district general hospital in Chelmsford, Essex. It is managed by the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
Broomfield Hospital | |
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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust | |
Shown in Essex | |
Geography | |
Location | Court Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex, England |
Coordinates | 51°46′28″N 0°27′58″E / 51.7745°N 0.4661°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | National Health Service |
Type | General |
Affiliated university | Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry; Anglia Ruskin School of Medicine |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 800 |
Helipad | Yes |
History | |
Opened | 1940 |
Links | |
Website | www |
The hospital, originally known as Essex County Hospital, was designed as a hospital for the treatment of tuberculosis patients and was built between June 1937 and 1940.[1] It had "butterfly" wings that caught the sun for the benefit of the patients.[1] During the 1960s the hospital diversified from tuberculosis treatment and dealt with more general surgery, orthopaedics and general medicine.[1] A large outpatients clinic was also built at this time.[1]
By the early 1980s facilities included an accident and emergency department, pharmacy, rehabilitation department, operating theatres, intensive therapy unit and new specialised wards.[1] A CT Scanner was unveiled by the Princess Royal in 1987 and she returned to open a new ward block in 1987.[1] A new East Wing, a new Diabetic Centre and a new Medical Assessment Unit were all opened between 1998 and 1999.[1]
Further new facilities, including a new accident and emergency facility, new intensive care facilities, new theatres for day surgery, a new pathology department, a new maternity department, improved facilities for neo-natal intensive care, a new children's department and a rooftop helipad were procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2007.[2] The works, which were designed by Llewelyn Davies[3] and carried out by Bouygues at a cost of £180 million, were completed in 2010.[2] The new facilities also permitted the subsequent closure of St John's Hospital in Chelmsford[4] and the William Julien Courtauld Hospital in Braintree.[5]
Sam Penry, a diagnostic radiographer at the hospital, was awarded the "UK Radiographer of the Year" title by the Society and College of Radiographers in 2017.[6]
The hospital serves as a teaching hospital for medical students from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.[7] More recently, Broomfield was affiliated with Anglia Ruskin School of Medicine.[8]