Hope Hospital

Hope Hospital is a large hospital in Salford, England, managed by the Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust. It is a teaching hospital, having links with Manchester Medical School, University of Manchester and the University of Salford school of nursing. Hope High School is just down the road from Hope Hospital.



Leading research departments include one of the largest dermatology centres in the UK, gastroenterology, vascular diabetes, trauma and clinical neurosciences which houses the University of Manchester's 3T-MRI scanner.

History
The site was originally founded in 1882 as the Salford Union Infirmary, a Graham Mcintire hospital for sick paupers, in association with the union workhouse. Only part of the original Victorian buildings remain at the centre of the site, and these are to be replaced by a new development, commencing early 2007, under a Private Finance Initiative.

The formation of the NHS Trust in 1994 saw the closure of the Salford Royal Hospital on Chapel Street.

SHIFT
The SHIFT Programme at Hope comprises the £130 million PFI contract to construct a number of new hospital units and a separate £30 million modernisation contract, both signed with Consort Healthcare. Among the new units will be a cancer centre in partnership with Christie Hospital NHS Trust.

Making It Better
Under new proposals by the Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority, Hope has lost its maternity and neonatal services and may lose its in-patient children’s services. The plans are part of a large reconfiguration of these services across Greater Manchester and surrounding PCTs, which aims to streamline delivery of care over several years. The changes will also see the closure of Booth Hall and Royal Manchester (Pendlebury) Children's Hospitals, and the opening of a new children's hospital in Central Manchester by 2010.

Trivia
Paul Scholes, Phil Bardsley, Tony Wilson and Tim Burgess were born in this hospital.