The Trust provides a range of outpatient and community services at Retford Hospital, which is also the headquarters of Bassetlaw Primary Care Trust (PCT).
Services provided at Retford include: outpatient department, physiotherapy, speech therapy, chiropody, audiology, child health, community occupational health, community nursing/equipment loans, continence service, dental, Genito-Urinary medicine, intermediate care and medical imaging.
The Hospital is situated about a mile from Retford town centre on the main road towards Bawtry. There is a local bus route from the town centre to Retford Hospital.
History Of Retford Hospital
** History **
Retford Hospital was built in 1922; the foundation stone was laid by the Mayor of Retford, Alderman SH Clay, on behalf of subscribers to the Retford War Memorial Fund. It comprised two wards, a private patients' wing, an operating theatre, casualty service, and X-ray. It was extended in the late 1960s and early 1970s with two more wards, which were used for long-stay, elderly patients. The operating theatre was closed in 1980 and inpatient services were transferred to Bassetlaw Hospital in the late 1980s. The newer wards were converted to outpatient accommodation and a Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy Department. Genito-urinary Medicine was located at Retford Hospital in the early 1990s.
The site is now owned by Bassetlaw Primary Care Trust, which leases areas to the Trust to provide a range of services. The site also encompasses Bassetlaw Hospice, built in 1994, and Nottinghamshire County Council's Meals-on-Wheels service.
