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The '''Horton General Hospital''' is a [[National Health Service]] hospital<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/hospitals/horton/history.aspx|title=History of the Horton General Hospital - Oxford University Hospitals|website=www.ouh.nhs.uk}}</ref> located on the Oxford Road, in the [[Calthorpe, Oxfordshire|Calthorpe]] ward of [[Banbury]].<ref name="auto"/> It is managed by [[Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust]].<ref name="auto"/>
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{{for|the hospital in Epsom, Surrey|Horton Hospital}}
The '''Horton General Hospital''' is a [[National Health Service]] hospital, part of [[Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust]] located on the Oxford Road, in the [[Calthorpe, Oxfordshire|Calthorpe]] ward of [[Banbury]]. The hospital has 236 beds and was founded in 1872 by Mary-Ann Horton. It was designed by the architect [[Charles Henry Driver]]. There is a 1980s [[mobile phone]] mast on the north part of the hospital.


==History==
The Italianate Elms House on Oxford Road, is a substantial villa built in 1863 for Jonathan Gillet, one of the senior partners of Gillet’s Bank, is now the offices of the Primary Care Trust, which lies within the grounds of the Horton Hospital site.<ref>http://www.cherwell.gov.uk/media/pdf/7/c/Banbury_Conservation_Area_Appraisal_(2004)_Part_2.pdf</ref>
===Pre-1948===
The earliest part of the hospital is the [[Italianate]] Elms House on Oxford Road, a substantial villa built in 1863 for Jonathan Gillet, one of the senior partners of Gillet’s Bank.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordshirehealtharchives.nhs.uk/hospitals/elms.htm|title=The Elms|publisher=Oxfordshire Health Archives|accessdate=2 December 2018|archive-date=2 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202202700/http://www.oxfordshirehealtharchives.nhs.uk/hospitals/elms.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>


The main part of the hospital was founded as a result of a gift from Mary-Ann Horton, a local heiress.<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/hospitals/horton/history.aspx|title=Our History|publisher=Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|accessdate=2 December 2018}}</ref> It was designed by the architect [[Charles Henry Driver]] and built by Franklin and Sons of [[Deddington]].<ref name=history/> Construction work had started on 19 July 1869<ref name="auto"/> and it opened in 1872.<ref name=history/>
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In 2005, there were rumours that the hospital might have to close. This led Banbury's [[Member of Parliament|MP]], [[Tony Baldry]], plus a large proportion of the town's population, to start a campaign to keep the hospital open.<ref>{{cite news | title = Hospital protest hailed a success | publisher = [[BBC News Online]] | date = 2006-09-30 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/5393896.stm | accessdate = 2009-06-25}}</ref> The rumours proved to be unfounded, since the plans had already been abandoned by both the [[NHS Trust]] and the [[Health Minister]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Struggling hospital's future safe | publisher = [[BBC News Online]] | date = 2008-03-20 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/7306151.stm | accessdate = 2009-06-25}}</ref>


CLH Pemberton became the hospital's first Honorary Physician and a member of the Committee of Management in 1872.<ref name="auto"/> A children's ward was added in 1897.<ref name="auto"/>
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In 2006, the Horton came into the limelight because [[Benjamin Geen]], a nurse employed there, was convicted of two murders and fifteen counts of [[grievous bodily harm]] in April of that year. During December 2003 and January 2004 he had allegedly poisoned patients because he got a thrill out of trying to resuscitate them.<ref>{{cite news | title = Killer nurse given 17 life terms | publisher = [[BBC News Online]] | date = 2006-05-10 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/4756905.stm | accessdate = 2009-06-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://bengeen.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/horton-geen-independent-review.pdf | title = Independent review (2006) into Horton General A&E following the conviction of Ben Geen}}</ref>


1926 was a momentous year with both the first resident house surgeon being appointed and the hospital being approved as a training school for nurses that year. <ref name="auto"/> In the second half of the 1930s, plans were prepared to construct extensive new buildings: these buildings were erected in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.<ref name="auto"/>
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Oxfordshire [[Clinical Commissioning Group]] approved controversial plans to permanently downgrade the hospital’s maternity service to a midwife-led only unit in August 2017, but the [[Independent Reconfiguration Panel]] recommended in March 2018 that “further action was required locally before a final decision is made about the future of maternity services in Oxfordshire”.<ref>{{cite news|title=Official review tells Hunt to knock back hospital downgrade|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/nhs-oxfordshire-ccg/official-review-tells-hunt-to-knock-back-hospital-downgrade/7021881.article?|accessdate=11 May 2018|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=8 March 2018}}</ref>


==See also==
===1948-1999===
The first consultant started work at the hospital in 1945.<ref name="auto"/> The hospital became part of the [[National Health Service]] in 1948.<ref name=history/>
*[[History of Banbury, Oxfordshire]]

The Italianate Elms House on Oxford Road became the local psychiatric unit in 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordshirehealtharchives.nhs.uk/hospitals/elms.htm|title=The Elms|publisher=Oxfordshire Health Archives|accessdate=2 December 2018|archive-date=2 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202202700/http://www.oxfordshirehealtharchives.nhs.uk/hospitals/elms.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The hospital became a National Health Service Trust in April 1993.<ref name="auto"/>

===2000 and later===
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In 2005, there were rumours that the hospital might have to close. This led Banbury's [[Member of Parliament|MP]], [[Tony Baldry]], plus a large proportion of the town's population, to start a campaign to keep the hospital open.<ref>{{cite news | title = Hospital protest hailed a success | publisher = [[BBC News Online]] | date = 30 September 2006 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/5393896.stm | accessdate = 25 June 2009}}</ref> The rumours proved to be unfounded, since the plans had already been abandoned by both the [[NHS Trust]] and the [[Secretary of State for Health and Social Care|Health Minister]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Struggling hospital's future safe | publisher = [[BBC News Online]] | date = 20 March 2008 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/7306151.stm | accessdate = 25 June 2009}}</ref>

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In 2006, the Horton attracted publicity because [[Benjamin Geen]], a nurse employed there, was convicted of two murders and fifteen counts of [[grievous bodily harm]] in April of that year. During December 2003 and January 2004 he had allegedly poisoned patients because he got a thrill out of trying to resuscitate them.<ref>{{cite news | title = Killer nurse given 17 life terms | publisher = [[BBC News Online]] | date = 10 May 2006| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/4756905.stm | accessdate = 25 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://bengeen.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/horton-geen-independent-review.pdf | title = Independent review (2006) into Horton General A&E following the conviction of Ben Geen}}</ref>

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Oxfordshire [[Clinical Commissioning Group]] approved controversial plans to permanently downgrade the hospital’s maternity service to a midwife-led only unit in August 2017, but the [[Independent Reconfiguration panel]] recommended in March 2018 that “further action was required locally before a final decision is made about the future of maternity services in Oxfordshire”.<ref>{{cite news|title=Official review tells Hunt to knock back hospital downgrade|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/nhs-oxfordshire-ccg/official-review-tells-hunt-to-knock-back-hospital-downgrade/7021881.article?|accessdate=11 May 2018|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=8 March 2018}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/hospitals/horton/ Official Website]
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* [https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/RTH05 Inspection reports] from the [[Care Quality Commission]]

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For the hospital in Epsom, Surrey, see Horton Hospital.

Horton General Hospital
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Horton General Hospital in 2010
Horton General Hospital is located in Oxfordshire
Horton General Hospital
Shown in Oxfordshire
Geography
LocationBanbury, Oxfordshire, England
Coordinates52°03′13″N 1°20′11″W / 52.05373°N 1.33628°W / 52.05373; -1.33628
Organisation
Care systemNational Health Service
TypeGeneral
Affiliated universityUniversity of Oxford
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds236
History
Opened1872
Links
Websitewww.ouh.nhs.uk/hospitals/horton/ Edit this at Wikidata

The Horton General Hospital is a National Health Service hospital[1] located on the Oxford Road, in the Calthorpe ward of Banbury.[1] It is managed by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.[1]

History

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Pre-1948

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The earliest part of the hospital is the Italianate Elms House on Oxford Road, a substantial villa built in 1863 for Jonathan Gillet, one of the senior partners of Gillet’s Bank.[2]

The main part of the hospital was founded as a result of a gift from Mary-Ann Horton, a local heiress.[3] It was designed by the architect Charles Henry Driver and built by Franklin and Sons of Deddington.[3] Construction work had started on 19 July 1869[1] and it opened in 1872.[3]

CLH Pemberton became the hospital's first Honorary Physician and a member of the Committee of Management in 1872.[1] A children's ward was added in 1897.[1]

1926 was a momentous year with both the first resident house surgeon being appointed and the hospital being approved as a training school for nurses that year. [1] In the second half of the 1930s, plans were prepared to construct extensive new buildings: these buildings were erected in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.[1]

1948-1999

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The first consultant started work at the hospital in 1945.[1] The hospital became part of the National Health Service in 1948.[3]

The Italianate Elms House on Oxford Road became the local psychiatric unit in 1961.[4] The hospital became a National Health Service Trust in April 1993.[1]

2000 and later

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In 2005, there were rumours that the hospital might have to close. This led Banbury's MP, Tony Baldry, plus a large proportion of the town's population, to start a campaign to keep the hospital open.[5] The rumours proved to be unfounded, since the plans had already been abandoned by both the NHS Trust and the Health Minister.[6]

In 2006, the Horton attracted publicity because Benjamin Geen, a nurse employed there, was convicted of two murders and fifteen counts of grievous bodily harm in April of that year. During December 2003 and January 2004 he had allegedly poisoned patients because he got a thrill out of trying to resuscitate them.[7][8]

Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group approved controversial plans to permanently downgrade the hospital’s maternity service to a midwife-led only unit in August 2017, but the Independent Reconfiguration panel recommended in March 2018 that “further action was required locally before a final decision is made about the future of maternity services in Oxfordshire”.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of the Horton General Hospital - Oxford University Hospitals". www.ouh.nhs.uk.
  2. ^ "The Elms". Oxfordshire Health Archives. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Our History". Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  4. ^ "The Elms". Oxfordshire Health Archives. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Hospital protest hailed a success". BBC News Online. 30 September 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  6. ^ "Struggling hospital's future safe". BBC News Online. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  7. ^ "Killer nurse given 17 life terms". BBC News Online. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
  8. ^ "Independent review (2006) into Horton General A&E following the conviction of Ben Geen" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Official review tells Hunt to knock back hospital downgrade". Health Service Journal. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
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