Northern General Hospital

The Northern General Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Sheffield, England. It hosts most major departments, including a busy Accident and Emergency for adults (children being catered for at the Sheffield Children's Hospital on Western Bank).

History
The Hospital started as Fir Vale Workhouse in 1878, which also contained the Smilter Lane/Herries Road Children's Homes.

By 1967, the site contained two Hospitals which had grown out of the Workhouse; Fir Vale Infirmary and the City General Hospital. This site was then renamed as the Northern General Hospital

The hospital today
Currently, the hospital consists of six wings. Many of the older wings are named after famous families and individuals from Sheffield, particularly in the steel industry These are:
 * Huntsman Building - named for Benjamin Huntsman, mostly orthopaedics, but also contains the A&E, HDU, ITU and X-Ray departments, the theatres, one of four Outpatients' departments and a large dining room.
 * Firth Wing - named for Mark Firth and containing CCU, Vascular surgery and other surgical wards.
 * Chesterman Wing, the regional cardiology centre
 * Vickers Corridor - named for Edward Vickers, primarily used for Geriatrics, Renal and endocrine disease, as well as containing departments of Sheffield Medical School and the Sheffield Kidney Institute
 * Sorby Wing - named for Henry Clifton Sorby, and containing the renal unit.
 * Osborn Building - named for John Osborn, the spinal unit
 * Brearley Wing - named for Harry Brearley, and containing the respiratory and rehabilitation wards and a dining area
 * Bev Stokes Day-surgery unit
 * Hadfield Wing - named for Sir Robert Hadfield, this is the latest addition and houses many departments moving from soon-to-be emptied wings of the hospital, as well as a new neck of femur ward. This structure is 6-storeys tall and contains a full-height atrium, allowing natural light to enter the wards.  As part of the redevelopment, the area around was landscaped.
 * A myriad of other buildings, including the Longley Centre for psychiatry, the Oakwood Young Peoples Centre, Rivermead Unit, Sam Fox House and the Medical Education Centre (for undergraduate and postgraduate medical training), the Clock Tower, containing dining facilities, a gym, MacMillan Cancer Unit and five other outpatients' departments.

Future
The hospital is currently being expanded, and as part of this proposal, the Therapy Services OPD for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy have already opened, along with the Hadfield Wing. A multi-storey car park is also proposed, to alleviate congestion on he site.