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Hospital

Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road Wing

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
Ipswich Workhouse Infirmary (1889 - 1930)
Ipswich Borough General Hospital (1930 - 1955)
Address
Heath Road, Ipswich, IP4 5PD
Current Trust
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust (since 1993)
Foundation Year
1889
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
East Anglian
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Ipswich Group
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
East Anglian
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
East Anglian
District Authority (1974-1982)
Ipswich
District Authority (Post-1982)
East Suffolk
Pre-1974 County
Suffolk
Post-1974 County
Suffolk
Post-1996 County
Suffolk

Status

Pre-1948
Local Authority, Poor Law
Pre-1948 information
PLI: 1889 - 1930.
LA: 1930 - 1948 Ipswich Borough Council.
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute

Other information

Hospital taken on by Ipswich Borough Council Public Assistance Committee in 1930; appropriated as Municipal Hospital and transferred to Public Health Committee 1938. Extensive rebuilding of and additions to premises, 1970 - 1983.

Record locations

  • Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

    Record types

    Administrative
    1927 - 1988
    General
    1949 - 1967
    Nursing
    1927 - 1969
    Staff
    1948 - 1951
    Admission
    1960 - 1988
    Clinical
    1927 - 1994
    Other
    1936 - 1962

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    AR: CAT: ID 406/2/1, ID 406/2/2, ID 406/1/4/1, ID 406/2/5/2.
    AR: See also appropriate committees in council procedings.
    NRA: 3819 Ipswich Borough (DD1/44).
    ID 409, ID 401