Stamford and Rutland Hospital

Stamford and Rutland Hospital is an elective care hospital in Stamford, Lincolnshire, administered by North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. The Stamford and Rutland Infirmary opened in 1828.

Stamford and Rutland Hospital
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
Stamford and Rutland Hospital
Shown in Lincolnshire
Geography
Location	Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	52.655159°N 0.4718503°W / 52.655159; -0.4718503
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Type	Community
Services
Emergency department	No Accident & Emergency
Beds	22
Links
Website	www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk/our-hospitals/stamford-and-rutland-hospital/
Lists	Hospitals in England

History

The medieval gate of Greyfriars, Stamford is a scheduled monument

The Stamford and Rutland Infirmary was built on a site previously occupied by Greyfriars, Stamford and donated by the Marquess of Exeter. It was funded by a bequest from the will of surgeon Henry Fryer, designed by John Peter Gandy and opened in 1828.^[1]

Between 1876 and 1879 the hospital was expanded with the addition of three fever ward blocks, under architect Edward Browning with input from surgeon William Newman. The wards incorporated a number of features such as centralised ward interiors and glazed internal walling, and were cited as an exemplar of single-block planning for small hospitals, particular by Henry Burdett. The fever wards are Grade II listed and show how voluntary hospitals dealt with 19th-century epidemics of contagious disease.^[2] The picture tiles in the fever wards, depicting the four seasons, are one of the earliest examples of the use of such tiles in hospitals.^[2][3]

A substantial redevelopment of the hospital was completed in July 2017, which included new imaging facilities, including a permanent MRI scanning suite, and cancer treatment facilities.^[4]

Services

The hospital provides a minor injuries unit, large scale outpatient services and day-case surgery, with the largest pain management centre in the region.^[5] It also has a medicine for the elderly ward with 22 intermediate care beds.^[4] The trust's largest hospital, Peterborough City Hospital, provides the majority of emergency and inpatient services in the area; the two together thus provide a comprehensive suite of services in a predominantly "hot" and "cold" split.^[6] It was rated "good" by the Care Quality Commission in May 2014.^[7]