Stroud General Hospital

The facility has its origins in the Stroud Dispensary which was established in a room at the Lamb Inn in Church Street in 1750.^[1] After the dispensary had moved to permanent facilities at the corner of Bedford Street and George Street in 1823, an extension to create a proper hospital was completed in 1835.^[1] The current facility at Trinity Road was officially opened by the Bishop of Gloucester in December 1875.^[2] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948^[1] and the maternity unit was completed in 1953.^[3] In February 2012 NHS managers agreed to halt plans for the hospital to be run by a social enterprise after local residents mounted a legal challenge in the High Court.^[4] Parts of the hospital were refurbished in 2012^[5] and in 2018.^[6]