Doncaster Royal Infirmary is one of the key hospitals in the Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The hospital provides a full range of services appropriate to a large district general hospital in 800 beds. Each year the hospital treats around 150,000 patients along with 95,500 A&E patients (combined figures for Doncaster Royal Infirmary and Montagu Hospital). The Royal Infirmary is situated 1 mile from the town centre and is easily accessible due to good public transport routes and its location in the centre of the M1, M62, M18 and A1(M)
History Of Doncaster Royal Infirmary
** History **
Doncaster Royal Infirmary started life as the Doncaster Dispensary in French Gate (now Greyfriars Road) in 1792. The foundation stone of the first purpose-built hospital in Doncaster, St James' Hospital, was laid in 1852. It eventually became the YMCA building, and was demolished in 1963 to make way for town improvements.
The governors of the Dispensary saw the need for an infirmary: their goal was achieved in 1867 when a new building in Wood Street opened as the Doncaster General Infirmary and Dispensary. Within 20 years, the hospital was too small and unsuitable for the town's needs and developments in medicine. The Wood Street site was extended but the project ran over budget. A three-day fund-raising bazaar was opened by HRH Princess Christian, and this connection led to Home Office approval for the institution to be known as Doncaster Royal Infirmary and Dispensary.
