York Hospital
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
York Hospital
Geography
Location	Wigginton Road, York, North Yorkshire, England
Coordinates	53°58′14″N 1°05′01″W / 53.9705°N 1.0835°W / 53.9705; -1.0835
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Type	Teaching, District General
Affiliated university	Hull York Medical School
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	700+
History
Opened	1976
Links
Website	www.yorkhospitals.nhs.uk/our-hospitals/york-hospital/
Lists	Hospitals in England

York Hospital is a teaching hospital in York, England. It is managed by York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, an NHS foundation trust which also runs several other hospitals in North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire, including Scarborough Hospital, Bridlington Hospital and Malton Community Hospital.

History

The present facility on Wigginton Road, which replaced numerous other facilities, including Acomb Hospital, Deighton Grove Hospital, Fulford Hospital, the Military Hospital, Yearsley Bridge Hospital, York City Hospital and York County Hospital, was designed by Llewelyn-Davies, Weeks, Forestier-Walker and Bor and built and equipped at a cost of £12.5 million between 1971 and 1976.^[1] It was officially opened by Princess Alexandra on 28 July 1977.^[1]

Services

There is an urgent care centre at York Hospital which is open every day.^[2] Hospedia gives patients and staff entertainment and music through the day and night. It also provides some specialist shows, including live commentary from nearby York City Football Club.^[3] It has over 700 beds.^[4]