| St George's Hospital | |
| Map Type: | Staffordshire |
| Location: | Stafford |
| Country: | England |
| Healthcare: | NHS |
| Type: | Specialist |
| Speciality: | Mental health |
| Founded: | 1818 |
| Closed: | 1995 |
St George's Hospital is a mental health facility in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. The main building is no longer in use but survives and is a Grade II listed building.
The hospital, which was designed by Joseph Potter using an early corridor layout, opened as the Stafford General Asylum in October 1818.[1] New buildings to the rear of the main structure were completed in 1850.[1] A new female block was added in 1879 and a similar male block was added in 1884.[1] The hospital became Stafford Mental Hospital in the 1920s and joined the National Health Service as St George's Hospital in 1948.[2]
After the introduction of Care in the Community in the early 1980s, the need and desire for huge asylum style hospitals reduced and the main building closed in 1995.[1] It was subsequently converted into apartments as St George's Mansions.[3] [4] [5] The inpatient psychiatric facility was moved next door into more modern units with individual bedrooms and recreational facilities.[6]