Rotherham General Hospital
Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
Rotherham General Hospital
Shown in South Yorkshire
Geography
Location	Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Coordinates	53°24′49″N 1°20′35″W / 53.4137°N 1.3431°W / 53.4137; -1.3431
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Type	District General
Services
Emergency department	Yes
History
Opened	1914
Links
Website	www.therotherhamft.nhs.uk
Lists	Hospitals in England

Rotherham General Hospital is an acute general hospital in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is managed by the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The hospital has its origins in a sanatorium created at Oakwood Hall for soldiers gassed in the trenches.^[1] A modern hospital was built on the Oakwood Hall estate between 1972 and 1978.^[1] The special care baby unit, which had been located at Doncaster Gate Hospital, was transferred to Rotherham General Hospital in 1984.^[1]

The hospital was featured in Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS? an Open University BBC series shown on BBC2 in January 2007.^[2] An updated urgent and emergency care centre was opened in 2017.^[1]