St Mary's Hospital, Kettering Explained

St Mary's Hospital
Org/Group:Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Location:London Road, Kettering
Region:Northamptonshire
Country:England
Healthcare:NHS
Type:Community hospital
Emergency:No
Founded:1838
Map Type:Northamptonshire
Coordinates:52.3942°N -0.7218°W

St Mary's Hospital is a health facility on London Road in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. It is managed by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. It was opened in 1838.

History

The facility, which was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, opened as the Kettering Union Workhouse in 1838.[1] An infirmary was added to the east of the main building in the mid-1890s.[1] It became St Helen's Hospital in 1935 and joined the National Health Service as St Mary's Hospital in 1948.[2] The height was reduced to one storey throughout in 1971.[3] The Welland Centre, a mental health unit which was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract, opened in 2005.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kettering. Workhouses. 30 December 2019.
  2. Web site: St Mary's Hospital, Kettering. National Archives. 30 December 2019.
  3. Web site: Kettering. The Scott Dynasty. 30 December 2019.
  4. Web site: Consultation on Plans to become an NHS Foundation Trust. 5. Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. 30 December 2019.