Jersey General Hospital

Jersey General Hospital in Saint Helier is the only hospital on the island of Jersey. It has 219 beds.

Jersey General Hospital
Government of Jersey
The hospital in 2008
Geography
LocationThe Parade, Saint Helier, Jersey
Coordinates49.1875°N 2.1123°W / 49.1875; -2.1123
Organisation
TypeGeneral
Affiliated universityUniversity of Southampton School of Medicine[1]
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds219
History
Opened1793

Medical students are placed at the hospital by the Wessex Deanery of Health Education England.[2]

History

It was originally a poorhouse. The foundation stone was laid in 1765 but the building was requestioned by the military in 1779 as there was no barracks on the island. It was used as a hospital poorhouse from 1793. The building was largely destroyed by fire in 1859. Until 1868, when St Saviour's Hospital was opened, it also served as a lunatic asylum.[3]

There were plans to replace it with a single-site facility at Overdale costed at £804 million but in November 2022 it was reported that the plans were now for a hybrid General Hospital spread across the existing Gloucester Street site, adjacent land at Kensington Place, and Overdale.[4]

Facilities

The maternity unit offers waterbirths.[5]

Some patients have to travel to UK hospitals for specialised treatment.[6]

References
  1. "Frequently asked questions". University of Southampton. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. "Jersey General Hospital, States of Jersey". Wessex Deanery. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  3. "General Hospital". The Island Wiki. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. "Jersey's new-hospital plans to be scrapped and replaced with 'hybrid' model". Jersey Evening Post. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  5. "Water births reinstated at Jersey's General Hospital". ITV. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  6. "Hospitals and emergency treatment". Government of Jersey. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
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