Scarborough Hospital
Hospital in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
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Scarborough Hospital, formerly Scarborough General Hospital[1] is an NHS district general hospital in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It is run by the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
| Scarborough Hospital | |
|---|---|
| York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
Scarborough Hospital | |
.svg)  Shown in North Yorkshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 54.2819°N 0.4346°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | District General |
| Coventry University, Scarborough | |
| Services | |
| Yes | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
In the early 1930s it was decided to build a new general hospital for Scarborough; the cost of construction of £135,000 was financed in part by the sale of the site of a former hospital at Spring Hill and in part by public subscription.[2] The new hospital was opened by the Duke of Kent on 23 October 1936.[3] After the hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948, a major new extension followed in 1988.[3]
The hospital came under the management of the Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust in 1994[3] but on 1 July 2012 the Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust was absorbed by the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.[4]
A new surgical ward, known as Maple Ward, was built by Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions at a cost of £2.4 million and opened in spring 2011.[5] Another new surgical ward, called Lilac ward, was built by Kier Group at a cost of £5 million and opened in March 2015.[6]
A new two-storey urgent and emergency care centre opened in May 2025.[7] The project cost £47 million and was started in 2022 with an initial completion date in autumn 2024; however this was delayed due to a faulty boiler.[8][7] The centre includes a new CT scanner and a dedicated isolation room for highly infectious diseases.[9]
Services
Annually, the hospital sees an average of 127,000 patient attendances to its emergency department, in addition to 119,000 inpatients and 390,000 outpatient appointments.[10]