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Details
Previous Names
Dr Kershaw's Cottage Hospital, 1931-1986
Address
Turf Lane, Royton, OL2 6EU
Foundation Year
1930
Status
Open
Administrative Authorities
Regional Board (1948-1974)
Manchester
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Oldham and District
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North Western
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North Western
District Authority (1974-1982)
Oldham
District Authority (Post-1982)
Oldham
Pre-1974 County
Lancashire
Post-1974 County
Greater Manchester
Post-1996 County
Oldham
Status
Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS, Private
Post-1948 information
Hospital taken over by charity to establish hospice
Type
Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute, Geriatric, Hospice
Post-1948 information
AC: General practitioner.
Geriatric 1984-1986
Hospice 1989 to present
Other information
1970s Home to Patrick Steptoe's in-vitro fertilisation clinic
1977 World's first testtube baby conceived at Dr Kershaw's Hospital
For details of its later history as a hospice, from 1988, For further information see Paul Lydon, A Catalogue of Records Retained by Hospices and Related Organisations in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, Sheffield: European Association for the History of Medicine and Health, Research Guide Series 3 (1998)
For further information see Paul Lydon, A Catalogue of Records Retained by Hospices and Related Organisations in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, Sheffield: European Association for the History of Medicine and Health, Research Guide Series 3 (1998)