Lincoln County Hospital
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Lincoln County Hospital is a large district general hospital on the eastern edge of north-east Lincoln. It is not in the most accessible part of the city, via road. It is the largest hospital, and offers the most comprehensive services, in Lincolnshire
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), being designed by John Carr. The current site was first built in 1878, being designed by Alexander Graham.
The Viking Way
passes east-west along the south edge of the hospital. The hospital is now the headquarters of the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
On top of the building is a radio transmitter, sometime soon planned to be the area's DAB mast for MuxCo Lincolnshire
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The Lincoln Hospitals' Radio Service began on 28 January 1980, moving to Lincoln County Hospital in 1988, and has been known as Lindum Radio.
have approximately 330 nursing students and 30 midwifery students at its Lincoln Education Centre. The hospital has a less established contact with the University of Lincoln
(which offers a nursing course), and no in-house facilities.
. Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire already share the Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance
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were 17 from 2001-5, 19 in 2006, 24 in 2007, and 18 in 2008.
From 2001-8, 41 people died of MRSA, with the highest total being 12 in 2007. In 2009 and 2010 there were none.
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
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History
The first buildings were built in 1776 (two hundred years before the Pilgrim HospitalPilgrim Hospital
Pilgrim Hospital is a large hospital in the east of Lincolnshire on the A16, north of the town of Boston near the mini-roundabout with the A52. It is virtually on the Greenwich Meridian and adjacent to the Boston High School...
), being designed by John Carr. The current site was first built in 1878, being designed by Alexander Graham.
The Viking Way
Viking Way
The Viking Way is a long distance footpath in England running between the Humber Bridge in North Lincolnshire and Oakham in Rutland. The Countryside Commission recognised the significance of the Viking Way as a high quality long distance walk linking other major routes in Eastern England, these...
passes east-west along the south edge of the hospital. The hospital is now the headquarters of the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
Facilities
It has 24 wards and 588 car spaces.On top of the building is a radio transmitter, sometime soon planned to be the area's DAB mast for MuxCo Lincolnshire
MuxCo Lincolnshire
MuxCo is the DAB multiplex operator for Lincolnshire. It serves and area similar to the analogue area served by Lincs FM.It is a consortium made up of two companies - Lincs FM PLC owning 51% with transmitter company National Grid Wireless owning the other 49%.The DAB licence was advertised by...
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The Lincoln Hospitals' Radio Service began on 28 January 1980, moving to Lincoln County Hospital in 1988, and has been known as Lindum Radio.
Training
The University of Nottingham Medical SchoolUniversity of Nottingham Medical School
The University of Nottingham Medical School is a medical school in the city of Nottingham, UK. It was the first new medical school to be set up in the 20th century in the country, with the first intake of 48 students graduating in 1975...
have approximately 330 nursing students and 30 midwifery students at its Lincoln Education Centre. The hospital has a less established contact with the University of Lincoln
University of Lincoln
The University of Lincoln is an English university founded in 1992, with origins tracing back to the foundation and association with the Hull School of Art 1861....
(which offers a nursing course), and no in-house facilities.
A & E
Newark Hospital is closing its A&E facilities in April 2011, and just over half of patients that would have been sent to Newark by ambulance, will now go to Lincoln, via the dual-carriageway A46A46 road
The A46 is an A road in England. It starts east of Bath, Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway development...
. Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire already share the Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance
Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance
The Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance is an air ambulance based at RAF Waddington that covers the administrative counties of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire and the unitary authorities of Nottingham, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire...
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Contamination
Deaths from C-diffClostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile , also known as "CDF/cdf", or "C...
were 17 from 2001-5, 19 in 2006, 24 in 2007, and 18 in 2008.
From 2001-8, 41 people died of MRSA, with the highest total being 12 in 2007. In 2009 and 2010 there were none.
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News items
- New MRI scanner in February 2011
- Navenby Ward opens in January 2010
- Attempted abduction in June 2009
- Cardiac unit in May 2004