Fifteen years ago, on the 20 January a historic agreement unfolded that would shape the landscape of healthcare in Beverley. The deal involved the sale of the land for what would become the cornerstone of health services in the region – Beverley’s new Community Hospital on Swinemoor Lane.
Captured in a photograph from 20 January 2009, Karen Knapton, then Chair of the NHS East Riding of Yorkshire, and Councillor Eric Bielby, Former Chairman of Beverley Consolidated Charity Board of Trustees (now Beverley Housing Charity), stand proudly at the site that would become the much-needed local healthcare facility.
The new East Riding Community Hospital will be welcoming its first patients from Monday 30 July. The 10 acre site at Swinemoor Lane Beverley has been transformed into a hospital fit for the 21st century, providing 30 beds
Graham Stuart, the MP for Beverley and Holderness, has toured the new East Riding Community Hospital in Beverley, which will be open to patients from the end of July.
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Chairman Karen Knapton welcomed members of East Riding Community Hospital’s Local Community Liaison Group and other local guests, including local MP Graham Stuart
A revision to the opening date from late spring to summer has been necessary to enable a successful transfer of some services from three existing hospital sites to the new community hospital, on completion of construction work in June.
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Chairman Karen Knapton has paid tribute to outgoing Non Executive Director Sharon Mays who leaves the NHS East Riding Board to take up a new position on the Humber NHS Foundation Trust (FT) Board from today, 1 July 2011. Sharon has a background in private legal practice, specialising in real estate, and has held the role of a Non-Executive Director at NHS East Riding of…
A ceremony to mark achievements in community health care in the East Riding took place on April 7 2011 as NHS East Riding of Yorkshire officially hands over the East Riding’s community services to Humber NHS Foundation Trust (FT). Karen Knapton, Chairman of NHS East Riding of Yorkshire, will perform the official handover to Humber NHS FT, accompanied by community services staff past and present. Under Transforming Community Services (TCS),…
The Chief Executive Designate and Chair Designate of a new regional cluster of NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) have been announced. In July 2010, the Health White Paper, ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’ outlined plans to transfer NHS commissioning responsibilities from PCTs to groups of general practitioners. Until the transition to GP consortia in 2013 is complete, PCTs have been directed to pool resources under new cluster working arrangements,…
A ground-breaking ceremony tomorrow – Tuesday 1 March 2011 – will mark the start of the main construction for the outstanding new community hospital for the East Riding at Swinemoor Lane, Beverley. Karen Knapton, Chairman of NHS East Riding of Yorkshire, will officially break the ground for the main hospital building joined by local Community Hospital Liaison Committee representatives and others who have been closely involved in the project. Following…
