Ellen Badger Hospital
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
Ellen Badger Hospital, seen in August 2012
Ellen Badger Hospital is located in Warwickshire
Ellen Badger Hospital
Shown in Warwickshire
Geography
LocationShipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Coordinates52°04′00″N 1°37′22″W / 52.0668°N 1.6228°W / 52.0668; -1.6228
Organisation
Care systemNational Health Service
TypeCommunity
Services
Emergency departmentNo Accident & Emergency
Beds16
History
Opened1896 (1896)
Links
Websitewww.swft.nhs.uk/our-hospitals/ellen-badger-hospital
ListsHospitals in the United Kingdom

The Ellen Badger is a small community NHS hospital located within the town of Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire, England. It is operated by South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.

The hospital before expansion, on a postcard dated 1914
Memorial plaque commemorating Ellen Badger

The hospital was built in 1896 to a design by Edward William Mountford.[1][2] It was endowed by the local wine merchant Richard Badger, and named by him in memory of his wife.[3][4] The street opposite the Hospital's main frontage is called 'Badgers Crescent'.[5]

Its facilities include a 16 bedded ward with on site physiotherapy, occupational therapy, x-ray, out-patient clinics and a first aid unit. There is a day unit attached to the hospital together with community nursing services.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "'Parishes: Shipston-on-Stour', in A History of the County of Worcester". London. 1913. pp. 521–524. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Cunningham, Chris. "Mountford, Edward William (1855–1908)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35135. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ Ponty, Steve (2017). The Secret Shire of Cotswold. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-5272-1121-6.
  4. ↑ Lugg, Ben (20 August 2019). "Ellen Badger medical centre plans due in October". Stratford Herald. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  5. ↑ See: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/138157326
  6. ↑ "Ellen Badger Hospital". NHS Choices. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
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