Pinderfields Hospital
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{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Pinderfields Hospital
| Org/Group = Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
| Image = The Main Entrance, Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield - geograph.org.uk - 2761649.jpg
| Caption = The new Pinderfields Hospital
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| Location = Wakefield
| Region = West Yorkshire
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| Country = England
| map_type = West Yorkshire
| Coordinates = {{coord|53.69349|N|1.48998|W|display=inline, title}}
| map_caption = Location in West Yorkshire
| HealthCare = NHS
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| Founded = 2010
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| Website = {{URL|https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/}}
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Pinderfields Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in Wakefield, West Yorkshire operated by the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.
History
File:Pinderfields Hospital - Aberford Road - geograph.org.uk - 759959.jpg
The original acute hospital in Wakefield was established as part of the Stanley Royd Hospital and opened on 8 March 1900.{{cite web|url=https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/it-s-a-legend-that-s-being-taken-away-1-974653|title='It's a legend that's being taken away'|date=10 February 2010|publisher=Wakefield Express|accessdate=22 April 2018}} It was briefly renamed Wakefield Emergency Hospital before becoming Pinderfields General Hospital in the 1940s. The name derives from the Pinder of Wakefield, the townsmen in charge of impounding stray animals who were tasked with ensuring that no-one dare trespass on Wakefield under their watchful eyes.
A new hospital, to be known as the Pinderfields Hospital, was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract to replace Pinderfields General Hospital in 2007. The new hospital, which was designed by the Building Design Partnership{{cite web|url=http://www.bdp.com/en/latest/news/2005/bdp-selected-to-design-yorkshire-hospitals/|title=BDP selected to design Yorkshire Hospitals|publisher=BDP|accessdate=22 April 2018}} and built by Balfour Beatty,{{cite web|url=https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/home/balfour-lands-health-job/401069.article|title=Balfour lands health job|publisher=Construction News|date=9 December 2004|accessdate=22 April 2018}} cost around £150 million.{{cite web|url=https://www.hicl.com/pinderfields-pontefract-hospitals-uk|title=Pinderfields & Pontefract Hospitals (the cost was £311 million in total across two hospitals)|publisher=HICL|accessdate=5 May 2018}} It was completed in June 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10313722|title=New Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield opens|date=14 June 2010|publisher=BBC|accessdate=22 April 2018}} and was opened by the Princess Royal in September 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.wakefieldasylum.co.uk/insight/pinderfields-building-the-new-hospital/|title=Pinderfields: Building the new hospital|publisher=Wakefield Asylum|accessdate=22 April 2018}}
In January 2018, with overcrowding becoming a serious issue at many hospitals, patients were pictured sleeping on the bare floors of Pinderfields Hospital.{{cite news|last1=Meek|first1=James|title=NHS SOS|url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/v40/n07/james-meek/nhs-sos|accessdate=31 March 2018|volume=40|issue=7|publisher=London Review of Books|date=5 April 2018}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ Official site]
{{Hospitals in Yorkshire}}
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Category:Buildings and structures in Wakefield
Category:Hospitals in West Yorkshire
Category:Hospital buildings completed in 2010