Stoke Mandeville Hospital is the largest National Health Service (NHS) hospital in Aylesbury, England. This is part of the Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.
The Hospital National Bone Injury Center is one of the largest specialized spinal units in the world, and the pioneering rehabilitation work undertaken there by Sir Ludwig Guttmann leads to the development of Paralympic Games. Mandeville, one of the official mascots for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in London, is named in honor of the hospital's contribution to Paralympic sport.
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In the early 1830s the village of Stoke Mandeville was severely affected by the cholera epidemic that swept across Britain. The cholera hospital was set up on the parish border between Stoke Mandeville and Aylesbury.
World War II: Spine Injury Clinic Foundation
In September 1943, the government requested specialist German spinal cord injuries-expatriate Dr. Ludwig Guttmann to establish the National Spinal Injury Center at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The center opened on February 1, 1944, and Guttmann was appointed as its director (a position he held until 1946). As director of the first specialist unit in the UK to treat spinal cord injuries, he believes that exercise is the main method of therapy for injured military personnel helping them build physical strength and self-esteem. Guttmann became a naturalized British citizen in 1945. Guttmann hosted the first Stoke Mandeville Game for disabled personnel on July 28, 1948, the same day as the start of the 1948 Summer Olympics.
The game was held again at the same location in 1952, and the Dutch World War II veteran participated with England, making it the first international competition of its kind. Stoke Mandeville Games has been described as the predecessor of the Paralympic Games. The Paralympics was later officially quadrennial events associated with the Olympics, and the Paralympic Games, no longer open to war veterans, was held in Rome in 1960.
Post-war
In 1948 the NHS was established and all operations moved from Royal Bucks to Stoke Mandeville, making it the main hospital in Aylesbury. Aylesbury, at this time, grew in such a way that the hospital became part of the city.
Throughout the 1950s, the 1960s and 1970s hospitals were added widely and the new Accident and Emergency Unit was opened. Also during this period the Stoke Mandeville Stadium was developed next to the hospital and is the National Disabled Sports Center in the UK, improving the hospital as a world center for paraplegics and spinal cord injuries.
The hospital was visited by Diana, Princess of Wales who opened the new International Spinal Injury Center when it was restored in August 1983.
The rebuilding scheme on most sites was obtained through Private Initiative Finance contracts in 2004. The construction work was carried out by Alfred McAlpine at a cost of Ã, Â £ 47 million and completed in 2006. Sodexo was contracted to carry out facility management services on the site. The new birth unit was opened in 2009.
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Historical sexual abuse at the hospital
The joint Metropolitan Police Service and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children reported an investigation into the sexual abuse perpetrated by disc jockey Jimmy Savile found that Savile, a valuable fundraiser for the institution, committed abuses there between 1965 and 1988. - two violations there between these dates have been officially registered as crimes by the police. A former pediatric patient at the hospital said that the nurse warned him to stay in bed and pretend to fall asleep when Savile would visit.
Dr Michael Salmon, a pediatrician consultant at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, was convicted and jailed for three years in 1990 for indecent assault on female teenage patients, two thirteen and a sixteen-year-old girl. In the aftermath of the Savile scandal, Salmon was arrested as part of Operation Yewtree on December 17, 2013. He was later convicted for nine indecent assaults and two rape, with the age of the victims ranging from eleven to eighteen and occurring between 1973 and 1988 and was sentenced 18 years in prison. Despite working in the hospital at the same time as Savile, no relationship is known between the two. Salmon was also sentenced to 14 counts in December 2016 and received an additional sentence of four years in prison.
The independent investigator Dr Androulla Johnstone published a report on Savile's activities in hospital on February 26, 2015. The report found that he had sexually harassed more than 50 people there, including staff, patients and visitors; one of whom was an eight year old boy. Savile has full access to all parts of the hospital. The report stated that it was widely known in the hospital that Savile was a "sex pest", and that 10 complaints had been made at the time, but no action was taken. The report also found that three doctors, including Salmon, had been convicted of sex crimes against their patients in the previous four decades.
Criticism
On February 27, 2013, the disabled charity Buckinghamshire, BuDS, announced that they compiled a proof of risk on patient safety at the Stoke Mandeville hospital to be sent to the Nursing Care Commission. Amal claims that they have received "alarming reports from various sources... expressing serious concerns about patient safety in the hospital".
The NHS Trust Bucks Healthcare responded by saying it was "irresponsible" of BuDS to potentially worry patients by hinting at patient safety issues in the hospital. "However, the charity defended its action and said" BuDS wants to provide staff, patients and visitors at Stoke Mandeville hospital in an entirely anonymous way to report any concerns they may have ".
On April 20, 2013 CQC publishes a report after a sudden checkup at the hospital. It was found that hospitals did not meet the standards for staff levels and to provide support to staff. Enforcement of actions taken regarding support staff and warning notices is presented.
Facilities
Hospital facilities include:
Transport links
The hospital is served by London to Aylesbury Line and Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line from the Aylesbury train station. There is a bus service connecting the hospital with Aylesbury and High Wycombe run by Arriva and also with Leighton Buzzard.
Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio
Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio (SMHR) is a non-profit hospital radio station established on December 4, 1978. The hospital is located within the hospital complex and provides 24-hour radio services for patients and staff streaming services online, at 1575 MW and through the use of their mobile device app, SMHR released in 2015.
In 1997, it was one of two hospital radio stations in the United Kingdom (the other being Radio Tyneside) to be granted a temporary broadcasting license from AM of the Radio Authority (becoming Ofcom in 2003) as part of a pioneering pilot in the past, recently. legalized Broadcasting Act. The success of the experiment leads to the station, along with Tyneside Radio and many others, obtaining a permanent broadcasting license.
See also
- List of hospitals in the UK
- 2012 Olympic post boxes in the United Kingdom
References
External links
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare
- Stoke Mandeville Stadium
- Stoke Mandeville Spinal Foundation
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio
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