From present day back to early beginnings

From present day back to early beginnings
2020

Florence 200

blue enamel badge with florence cross design and 'outstanding every time' inscription

commemorative badge designed by ArtCare

Commemorative badge presented to all nursing & midwifery staff on Florence Nightingale’s bicentenary and marking International Year of the Nurse & Midwife.

2018

NHS70 celebrations

Staff singing with keyboard accompaniment

Staff singing NHS70 song

Hospital staff celebrate 70yrs of the NHS on 5th July 2018.

2017

New Eye Clinic opens

Eye clinic yellow zone, chairs with yellow vinyl and bright yellow flower artworks

Yellow waiting area

Ophthalmology services move from Level 3 of the main hospital to a separate new Eye clinic building.

2011

New Children’s Unit opens

Wall cladding printed with fun beach hut gallery design

Children’s Outpatients

A dedicated children’s unit opens comprising of outpatient departments, a Day Assessment Unit and the Sarum inpatient Ward, as well as secure outside play spaces.

2006

Extension to Salisbury District Hospital opens

Printed silhouettes of birds on corridor glass

‘Sky birds’ corridor, hospital extension

A new 3-level extension to Salisbury District Hospital is completed providing additional wards and outpatient departments, as well as a new Burns Unit. Princess Anne officially opens the new Burns Unit theatres.

1993

Salisbury General Infirmary closes

Removal lorry outside the Infirmary building

Moving services from the Infirmary

A celebration service is held on 1st May 1993 at Salisbury Cathedral to commemorate the closing of Salisbury General Infirmary in Fisherton Street and the move of healthcare services to the new Salisbury District Hospital at Odstock.

1991

Medical services transfer

Starting in 1991 and continuing throughout 1992 all medical services transfer to Salisbury District Hospital at Odstock from across Salisbury.

1984

Duke of Cornwall Spinal Unit opens

3D model of the spinal injuries treatment centre, adjoining the main hospital

Architects model of Spinal Injury Unit

In 1984 the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Injuries Unit is officially opened at Salisbury District Hospital.

1966

Pioneering operating theatres

Jeanne Yates next to operating table

Jeanne Yates in the new theatre

Nurse Jeanne Yates oversees the introduction of new pioneering operating theatres at Odstock hospital site.

1953

Harcourt House opens

Nurses sitting outside Harcourt House

Nurses outside Harcourt House

A new site for nurse training, closer to Salisbury General Infirmary is needed. Harcourt House opens in 1953 and continues to train nurses until 1992 when it closes and the Infirmary moves up to Odstock.

1949

Plastic surgery unit opens

Photo Dr John Barron

Dr John Barron

Dr Barron opens new plastic surgery unit at Odstock, the site of the current Salisbury District Hospital.

1948

NHS begins

On the 5th July 1948 a new National Health Service, known as the NHS was launched. It was founded on the view that healthcare should be available to everyone and free at the point of delivery. The experiences of the Second World War provided the catalyst to pull hospitals, GPs, pharmacists, opticians and dentists together into one national organisation.

1947

Nurse training at New Hall, Bodenham

New Hall exterior

New hall from garden

New Hall at Bodenham is leased to establish a nurse training school which continues to train nurses until 1952.

1946

Harvard Common Cold Unit opens

Aerial view of Common Cold Unit buildings

Common Cold Unit from the air

The Harvard Common Cold Unit opens on the site of US Red Cross World War 2 hospital in Harnham. It continues research until it finally closes in 1990.

1946

Dr Darmady constructs first kidney dialysis machine

Dr Darmady checking machine connected to patient's arm

Darmady attends to patient

Dr Darmady experiments with the construction of the first kidney dialysis machine made partly of old Spitfire engines.

1942

US army transfers patients to Odstock

US army on parade with flag flying

US forces on weekly parade retreat, 1940s

On the 12th December 1942 the US army transferred patients to a site at Odstock, near Salisbury. The site was built to receive casualties from northern France and would later treat soldiers wounded in the D-Day landings in 1944.

1941

Heale House opens

Heale House

Front of Heale House

Heale House in the Woodford Valley opens as an annexe to the Salisbury General Infirmary to treat wounded soldiers during World War 2.

1936

New Outpatients Hall built

T. E. Lawrence dressed in Arabian robes

Lawrence of Arabia

A new Outpatients hall is built at Salisbury General Infirmary in memory of T. E. Lawrence.

1930

Carnival held for hospital

Children and adults dressed up for hospital carnival

Carnival in support of Infirmary, 1930

A carnival is held across the city to raise funds for the hospital

1919

Peace parade

Youth marching in parade dressed in shorts, shirt and tie

Youth marching group in matching costume

Peace parade held to celebrate the end of WW1

1918

Red Cross hospital, Harnham

Harnham Hospital buildings viewed from road

Harnham Red Cross Hospital, and former workhouse, 1970s

Red Cross hospital at Harnham cares for wounded soldiers during WW1

1902

Isolation hospital opens

Old Sarum Isolation Hospital

Old Sarum Isolation Hospital

An Isolation hospital at Old Sarum opens treating mainly children during epidemics. The hospital closes in 1951

1902

Electricity connected to Infirmary

Patient on operating table with lighting, equipment nurses and doctor attending

Operation using electric light at Infirmary

Electricity is connected to Salisbury General Infirmary for the first time and is used to provide light in the operating theatres

1813

Fisherton Asylum opens

Watercolour image of Old Manor

Watercolour painting of Old Manor Hospital

Fisherton Asylum opens in around 1813, which later becomes the Old Manor Mental Hospital. The site is now the present day Fountain Way Hospital.

1771

Salisbury General Infirmary opens

Drawing of the Salisbury General Infirmary, 1771

The new Infirmary building, 1771

Salisbury General Infirmary opens in a new building in Fisherton Street

1767

Salisbury General Infirmary – the beginning

Salisbury General Infirmary starts up in existing buildings on the site of Fisherton Street

1766

Meeting in The Vine

Newspaper clipping describes the meeting at The Vine, 1766

Earl of Radnor presides over meeting

First meeting in The Vine to discuss the formation of a new hospital for Salisbury

1763

Lord Feversham bequest

Portrait of Lord Feversham

Lord Feversham

Lord Feversham leaves £500 from estate towards the creation of hospital in Salisbury

1350

Trinity Hospital founded

Exterior of Trinity Hospital today

Trinity Hospital Almshouse present day

Trinity Hospital founded by Agnes Bottenham

1228

St Nicholas Hospital founded

St Nicholas Hospital

St Nicholas Hospital, Salisbury

St Nicholas Hospital founded by Robert Bingham, Bishop of Salisbury