Jersey General Hospital
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| name = Jersey General Hospital
| org/group = Government of Jersey
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| location = St Helier, Jersey
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| type = General
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| affiliation = University of Southampton School of Medicine{{cite web |title=Frequently asked questions |url=https://www.southampton.ac.uk/medicine/undergraduate/study/faqs.page |website=University of Southampton |access-date=21 April 2021}}
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| emergency = Yes
| beds = 219
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Jersey General Hospital in Saint Helier is the only hospital on the island of Jersey. It has 219 beds.
Medical students are placed at the hospital by the Wessex Deanery of Health Education England.{{cite web |title=Jersey General Hospital, States of Jersey |url=http://www.wessexdeanery.nhs.uk/foundation_school/trust__employer_information/jersey.aspx |website=Wessex Deanery |access-date=19 November 2018}}
History
It was originally a poorhouse. The foundation stone was laid in 1765 but the building was requisitioned by the military in 1779 as there was no barracks on the island. It was used as a hospital poorhouse from 1793. The building was largely destroyed by fire in 1859. Until 1868, when St Saviour's Hospital was opened, it also served as a lunatic asylum.{{cite web |title=General Hospital |url=https://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/General_Hospital |website=The Island Wiki |access-date=19 November 2018}}{{better source needed|date=November 2022|reason=other wikis are considered unreliable}}
There were plans to replace it with a single-site facility at Overdale costed at £804 million but in November 2022 it was reported that the plans were now for a hybrid General Hospital spread across the existing Gloucester Street site, adjacent land at Kensington Place, and Overdale.{{cite news |title=Jersey's new-hospital plans to be scrapped and replaced with 'hybrid' model |url=https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2022/11/01/jerseys-new-hospital-plans-to-be-scrapped-and-replaced-with-hybrid-model/ |access-date=17 November 2022 |publisher=Jersey Evening Post |date=1 November 2022}}
Facilities
- Rheumatology
- Maternity
- Special care baby unit (SCBU)
- Emergency Department
- Paediatrics
- Assisted reproduction
- Dermatology
- Blood donation
- Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
- Endoscopy
- Cardiology
- Dental
- Dietetics
- Pharmacy
- Renal
- Joint replacement
- Memory
- Neurology
- Occupational therapy (OT)
- Pain clinic
- Speech and language therapy
- Intensive care unit (ICU)
- Radiology{{Cite web |last=Jersey |first=States of |title=Government of Jersey |url=http://www.gov.je:80/Health/Hospitals/pages/default.aspx |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=gov.je |language=en}}
For specialised treatment that is not available in Jersey, patients are transferred to hospitals in Guernsey and the United Kingdom.{{cite web |last1=Jersey |first1=States of |title=Government of Jersey |url=https://www.gov.je/Health/Hospitals/AboutHospitals/Pages/PatientTravelUKGuernsey.aspx |website=gov.je |access-date=24 March 2025 |language=en}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.gov.je/Health/Hospitals/HospitalServices/Pages/index.aspx Hospital wards] - Government of Jersey
{{University of Southampton School of Medicine}}