Princess Anne Hospital | |
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University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | |
Geography | |
Location | Southampton, Hampshire, England |
Coordinates | 50°56′07″N 1°26′06″W / 50.9353°N 1.4349°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | National Health Service |
Type | Maternity |
History | |
Opened | 1981 |
Links | |
Website |
www |
The Princess Anne Hospital is a maternity hospital in Southampton, England, to the north of Southampton General Hospital. It is operated by the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. [1]
The hospital was commissioned by the National Health Service to serve as a dedicated maternity hospital in the 1970s. The site selected was open land on the north side of Coxford Road, opposite Southampton General Hospital. [2] The new hospital was designed in the modern style, built in brick and glass and was opened by Princess Anne on 28 March 1981. [3] [4] During the 1980s, c. 5,000 babies were being born there every year. [5]
The hospital was the location for the first two series of Channel 4's One Born Every Minute broadcast in 2010 and 2011. [6] A digital breast screening unit was established at the hospital in September 2013. [7] In April 2019, the hospital was ranked by the US magazine, Newsweek, as one of the best 129 specialist care centres in the world. [8] [9]
Princess Anne, who is Patron of the Royal College of Midwives, returned to the hospital for a visit and spoke to patients in February 2023. [10] [11]
Princess Anne Hospital | |
---|---|
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust | |
Geography | |
Location | Southampton, Hampshire, England |
Coordinates | 50°56′07″N 1°26′06″W / 50.9353°N 1.4349°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | National Health Service |
Type | Maternity |
History | |
Opened | 1981 |
Links | |
Website |
www |
The Princess Anne Hospital is a maternity hospital in Southampton, England, to the north of Southampton General Hospital. It is operated by the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. [1]
The hospital was commissioned by the National Health Service to serve as a dedicated maternity hospital in the 1970s. The site selected was open land on the north side of Coxford Road, opposite Southampton General Hospital. [2] The new hospital was designed in the modern style, built in brick and glass and was opened by Princess Anne on 28 March 1981. [3] [4] During the 1980s, c. 5,000 babies were being born there every year. [5]
The hospital was the location for the first two series of Channel 4's One Born Every Minute broadcast in 2010 and 2011. [6] A digital breast screening unit was established at the hospital in September 2013. [7] In April 2019, the hospital was ranked by the US magazine, Newsweek, as one of the best 129 specialist care centres in the world. [8] [9]
Princess Anne, who is Patron of the Royal College of Midwives, returned to the hospital for a visit and spoke to patients in February 2023. [10] [11]