Royal United Hospital
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| NHS Trust | |
| Trust name | Bath Royal United Hospital NHS Trust |
| Location | |
| Place | Bath |
| County | Somerset |
| Services | |
| Hospital type | District General |
| A&E present? | Yes |
| Statistics | |
| No. of employees | 3,500 |
| In patients | 30,241 (2004-2005) |
| Out patients | 251,208 (2004-2005) |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1932 |
| Links | |
| Website | [1] |
| Wiki-Links | National Health Service |
| List of UK Hospitals | |
The Royal United Hospital is located in the Weston suburb of Bath, about 1½ miles from Bath city centre.
The Royal United Hospital gets its name from the union of the Bath Casualty Hospital founded in 1788 and the Bath City Dispensary and Infirmary founded in 1792. The latter institution developed from the Bath Pauper Scheme, a charity founded in 1747 to provide medical treatment for destitute persons in Bath. The combined institution opened in 1826 and was awarded the title Royal by Queen Victoria in 1864. It opened on its present site, Combe Park, on 11 December 1932. In 1959 it absorbed the Ear Nose and Throat Hospital and in 1973 the Bath Eye Infirmary. It became an NHS Hospital Trust in 1992.
The hospital has 687 beds and occupies a 52-acre site.
