Wexham Park Hospital is a large NHS hospital in Slough,[1][2] Berkshire. It has been managed by Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust since 2014.[1][3] Neil Dardis has been the Trust's chief executive since 2018.[4]
| Wexham Park Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Wexham Park Hospital | |
  Shown in Berkshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Slough, Berkshire, England |
| Coordinates | 51°31′55″N 0°34′34″W / 51.532°N 0.576°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS England |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| History | |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
History
editThe hospital was built on the site of a Victorian mansion known as Wexham Park and was completed in 1965.[5][6] The design led to an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects.[5] An expanded recovery centre was opened by Sophie Christiansen in June 2013[7] and a new accident and emergency department opened on 3 April 2019.[8]
Services
editThe hospital provides services including emergency, trauma and orthopaedic surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, paediatric, coronary care and maternity services. It is an associate teaching hospital for the London and Oxford postgraduate medical and dental education organisations. It receives fully qualified nationally appointed trainees who are undertaking postgraduate training in a variety of specialties.[9]
The hospital was founded by pioneering British plastic surgeon Stewart Harrison,[10] who had trained with world-renowned plastic surgeon Harold Gillies. On opening in 1966, the plastic surgery unit rapidly became known as a major UK centre for hand surgery and had the only accredited senior registrar post in hand surgery nationally.[11] In 1949, Harrison and Gillies had performed a pioneering operation to reconstruct the face of a patient born with a congenitally recessed maxilla. This complex operation marked the beginnings of the speciality of craniofacial surgery. Among the observers was French plastic surgeon Paul Tessier, who went on to refine the technique for the treatment of severely deformed children.[10] Harrison, a graduate of the University of Glasgow (MB ChB 1935),[12] was a founding member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH). In 1972, he served as the Society's President. In 1976 he was President of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons, now the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)).[10][13]
Notable patient
editEntertainer Des O'Connor best known for hosting Today with Des and Mel, Take Your Pick and Countdown died there aged 88 on 14 November 2020 after a fall at his home in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire.[14]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Four-county NHS trust launched". BBC News. 1 October 2014.
- ^ James Aldridge (3 December 2020). "Wexham Park Hospital one of 53 hospitals and trusts where coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out". Berkshire Live. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Wexham Park Hospital". Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Trust appoints next chief executive". Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Wexham". Slough online. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "We find out more about Wexham Park Hospital's volunteers". Windsor Express. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "Hospital honour for Sophie Christiansen". Get Reading. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "Wexham Park Hospital to relocate to £49 million assessment centre". Slough Express. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "The Berkshire Scheme". Oxford Deanery. Health Education Thames Valley. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "Stewart Harrison". The Telegraph. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ Saad, Magdy N. (1987). "The history of the Plastic Surgery Unit at Wexham Park Hospital". British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 40 (6): 655–6. doi:10.1016/0007-1226(87)90166-4. PMID 3318989.
- ^ "List of Registered Medical Practitioners". General Medical Council. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Harrison, Stewart Hamilton". Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online. Royal College of Surgeons of England. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ Leigh, Spencer (2024). "O'Connor, Desmond Bernard [Des] (1932–2020), comedian, singer, and television host". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000381681. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)