{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Warwick Hospital | org_group = South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust | image = Warwick hospital lakin rd 4u07.JPG | caption = The main entrance on Lakin Road, Warwick. | image_size = | logo = <!-- optional --> | location = Warwick | region = Warwickshire | state = | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|52.2903|-1.5836|type:landmark_region:GB-WAR|display=inline,title}} | healthcare = NHS | type = General | speciality = | emergency = Yes | affiliation = Warwick Medical School | beds = 350 | founded = 1848 | closed = <!-- optional --> | website = {{URL|https://www.swft.nhs.uk/our-hospitals/warwick-hospital}} | other_links = <!-- optional --> | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = Shown In Warwickshire }} '''Warwick Hospital''' on Lakin Road in the northwest of Warwick, Warwickshire, England is run by South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust.<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.warwickhospital.nhs.uk/patients_visitors/howtofindus.aspx|title =How to get there|publisher =NHS: South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust|accessdate =20 April 2008|url-status =dead|archiveurl =http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20081112140235/http%3A//www.warwickhospital.nhs.uk/patients_visitors/howtofindus.aspx|archivedate =12 November 2008}}</ref>
==History== The facility has its origins in the infirmary built for the Warwick Union Poorhouse in Union Road (now Lakin Road) in 1848.<ref name=workhouse>{{cite web|url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Warwick/|title=Warwick|publisher=Workhouses|accessdate=27 October 2018}}</ref> The infirmary was extended in 1857 and 1876 with a chapel and mortuary following in 1883.<ref name=workhouse/> A new purpose-built hospital was completed in 1903 and the old workhouse, which became known as the Warwick Public Assistance Institution, was integrated into the new hospital after 1930.<ref name=workhouse/> The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and the Public Assistance Institution ceased to operate as a separate body from 1949.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=1593&page=20|title=Warwick Public Assistance Institution, Warwick|publisher=National Archives|accessdate=27 October 2018}}</ref>
The main maternity unit for the district was moved from Warneford Hospital in Leamington Spa to Warwick in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://districtadvertisers.co.uk/remembering-the-warneford.html|title=Remembering the Warneford|publisher=District Advertiser|accessdate=27 October 2018|archive-date=24 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024113123/http://districtadvertisers.co.uk/remembering-the-warneford.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> A new cancer centre known as the Aylesford Unit opened in a dedicated building in February 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warwickshirelife.co.uk/people/new-cancer-unit-a-warwick-hospital-warwickshire-life-1-1632909|title=New Cancer Unit a Warwick Hospital, Warwickshire Life|date=7 February 2010|publisher=Warwickshire Life|accessdate=27 October 2018}}</ref> The hospital also started work on a new birthing centre in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stratford-herald.com/81020-work-starts-hospitals-new-birthing-centre.html|title=Work starts on hospital’s new birthing centre|date=16 January 2018|publisher=Stratford Herald|accessdate=27 October 2018}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Warwick Hospital -old buildings 7y08.jpg|Old buildings File:Warwick Hospital -Education Centre 7y08.jpg|Education Centre </gallery>
==See also== * List of hospitals in England
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==External links== {{Commons category|Warwick Hospital}} *{{cite web|url= http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/pages/Hospital.aspx?id=RJC02&v=7 |title =NHS choices: Warwick Hospital| publisher = National Health Service}}
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Category:Hospitals in Warwickshire Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1903 Category:Buildings and structures in Warwick Category:NHS hospitals in England