About Royal South Hants Hospital
The Royal South Hants Hospital, known locally as "The RSH", is a Community Health Campus in Southampton. The buildings and facilities are managed by NHS Property Services Ltd. Service Providers who operate at the site include: Solent NHS Trust, Care UK, In Health, Solent Medical Services and Alliance Medical. It was previously managed by Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust (now University Hospital Southampton) and still retains a few University Hospital departments. The campus also hosts some specialist visiting clinics from Southampton General and other Hospitals and occasionally visiting mobile services for Breast Screening and the National Blood Transfusion Service. HistoryThe hospital was founded as the Royal South Hampshire Infirmary in 1835, and relocated several times before settling at its current location in the heart of the Nicholstown New Town area of Southampton. The foundation stone was laid on 10 July 1843, and the hospital opened on its present site in 1844. Previous locations; St Mary Street (1838–1844) & Fanshawe Street (1844?-c. 1978)In 1851, donations from doctors Joseph and William Bullar funded additional wards for the hospital, named the Bullar Wards. The hospital obtained its current name in 1865, and was funded by public subscription as part of a wave of voluntary hospitals throughout the country. The hospital chapel was built in 1857, and is now a grade II listed building. In 1868 a new wing, named the Eyre Crabbe Wing and housing 36 beds, was erected. The Crabbe wards were located on the East side of the hospital campus. In 1896, another new wing, containing a further two wards, operating theatres, cottages to house patients with infectious diseases and a mortuary were added at a cost of £29 000. This new wing was opened on 7 February 1900 by Princess Henry of Battenberg, and named the Victoria Jubilee Wing.
Royal South Hants Hospital Description
The Royal South Hants Hospital, known locally as "The RSH", is a Community Health Campus in Southampton. The buildings and facilities are managed by NHS Property Services Ltd. Service Providers who operate at the site include: Solent NHS Trust, Care UK, In Health, Solent Medical Services and Alliance Medical. It was previously managed by Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust (now University Hospital Southampton) and still retains a few University Hospital departments. The campus also hosts some specialist visiting clinics from Southampton General and other Hospitals and occasionally visiting mobile services for Breast Screening and the National Blood Transfusion Service. HistoryThe hospital was founded as the Royal South Hampshire Infirmary in 1835, and relocated several times before settling at its current location in the heart of the Nicholstown New Town area of Southampton. The foundation stone was laid on 10 July 1843, and the hospital opened on its present site in 1844. Previous locations; St Mary Street (1838–1844) & Fanshawe Street (1844?-c. 1978)In 1851, donations from doctors Joseph and William Bullar funded additional wards for the hospital, named the Bullar Wards. The hospital obtained its current name in 1865, and was funded by public subscription as part of a wave of voluntary hospitals throughout the country. The hospital chapel was built in 1857, and is now a grade II listed building. In 1868 a new wing, named the Eyre Crabbe Wing and housing 36 beds, was erected. The Crabbe wards were located on the East side of the hospital campus. In 1896, another new wing, containing a further two wards, operating theatres, cottages to house patients with infectious diseases and a mortuary were added at a cost of £29 000. This new wing was opened on 7 February 1900 by Princess Henry of Battenberg, and named the Victoria Jubilee Wing.