Cromer Hospital
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Cromer and District Hospital opened in 1932 in the suburb of Suffield Park in the town of Cromer
within the English
county of Norfolk
.. The hospital is run by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and provides an important range of acute consultant and nurse-led services to the residents of the district of North Norfolk
.
The hospital provides a Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) service. The MIU is open seven days a week, from 8am to 8pm, and is staffed by emergency nurse practitioners. Other services at Cromer include day surgery and procedures, out-patient care, renal dialysis, x-ray and ultrasound diagnostics.
unit which opened in June 2006. The dialysis
unit was relocated in the refurbished Barclay ward in January 2011.
The tender for the new hospital was won by Mansell which is a subsidiary of Balfour Beatty
and a planning application was submitted to North Norfolk District Council in November 2008. It is expected that work will begin in 2009 with the new hospital completed in 2011. The hospital is being designed by architects Purcell Miller Tritton and a Swaffham
-based Mansell team will undertake the construction work.
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust announced on July 28 2008, that the long-awaited new hospital would cost £26 million: £14 million of the Bernstein legacy money and £12 million of the NHS Foundation Trust
's own funds. The work was scheduled to be completed by 2011.
In June 2009 the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust announced the project would be scaled back to a £15 million project. The decision was reportedly taken as result of the global recession and pressure on public spending.
On May 12 2010, North Norfolk District Council granted planning permission for the new £15 million hospital and construction work started in Autumn 2010 with completion due by Autumn 2012.
BBC News, Work starts on new Cromer Hospital
The second set of plans for the new £15 million Cromer and District Hospital were displayed at a public planning exhibition held at the hospital from January 25-30, 2010
Cromer
Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish in north Norfolk, England. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters is in Holt Road in the town. The town is situated 23 miles north of the county town, Norwich, and is 4 miles east of Sheringham...
within the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
.. The hospital is run by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and provides an important range of acute consultant and nurse-led services to the residents of the district of North Norfolk
North Norfolk
North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Cromer. The council headquarters can be found approximately out of the town of Cromer on the Holt Road.-History:...
.
The hospital provides a Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) service. The MIU is open seven days a week, from 8am to 8pm, and is staffed by emergency nurse practitioners. Other services at Cromer include day surgery and procedures, out-patient care, renal dialysis, x-ray and ultrasound diagnostics.
The Sagle Bernstein legacy
A Cromer resident by the name of Mrs Sagle Bernstein left a substantial legacy to Cromer and District Hospital in 2001. The sum was £11.4 million which she left because of the excellent care that her sister had received as a patient at the hospital. The terms of Mrs Bernstein’s will were that it is to be spent on “improvement of general facilities” and the legacy can only be spent at Cromer Hospital. It is planned that a new hospital will be built on the site of the present hospital. The legacy is to be used towards the cost of building and equipping the new hospital. £500,000 of the legacy has already been spent on an eight-station renal dialysisDialysis
In medicine, dialysis is a process for removing waste and excess water from the blood, and is primarily used to provide an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with renal failure...
unit which opened in June 2006. The dialysis
Dialysis
In medicine, dialysis is a process for removing waste and excess water from the blood, and is primarily used to provide an artificial replacement for lost kidney function in people with renal failure...
unit was relocated in the refurbished Barclay ward in January 2011.
The new Cromer and District Hospital
A feasibility study undertaken in 2006 demonstrated that it would be possible to redevelop the existing hospital site and to relocate existing services into the new hospital whilst creating minimal disruption to most existing services.The tender for the new hospital was won by Mansell which is a subsidiary of Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty plc is a British construction, engineering, military housing, rail and investment services company. It is one of the largest construction companies in the UK, and the 15th largest in the world...
and a planning application was submitted to North Norfolk District Council in November 2008. It is expected that work will begin in 2009 with the new hospital completed in 2011. The hospital is being designed by architects Purcell Miller Tritton and a Swaffham
Swaffham
Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich.The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 6,935 in 3,130 households...
-based Mansell team will undertake the construction work.
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust announced on July 28 2008, that the long-awaited new hospital would cost £26 million: £14 million of the Bernstein legacy money and £12 million of the NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Foundation Trust
An NHS foundation trust is part of the National Health Service in England and has gained a degree of independence from the Department of Health and local NHS strategic health authority.Foundation Trusts are represented by the , .-Function:...
's own funds. The work was scheduled to be completed by 2011.
In June 2009 the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust announced the project would be scaled back to a £15 million project. The decision was reportedly taken as result of the global recession and pressure on public spending.
On May 12 2010, North Norfolk District Council granted planning permission for the new £15 million hospital and construction work started in Autumn 2010 with completion due by Autumn 2012.
BBC News, Work starts on new Cromer Hospital
Architect's Plans
The first set of plans and drawings for the new £26 million hospital were displayed at a public planning consultation meeting held at Cromer Community Centre, Garden Street, on October 23, 2008The second set of plans for the new £15 million Cromer and District Hospital were displayed at a public planning exhibition held at the hospital from January 25-30, 2010