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The Royal Berkshire Hospital is a National Health Service hospital in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It provides acute hospital services to the residents of the western and central portions of Berkshire, and is managed by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital provides 813 inpatient beds (627 acute, 66 paediatrics and 120 maternity), together with 204-day beds and spaces. In doing so, it employs over 4,000 staff and has an annual budget of £228 million. ==History== The Royal Berkshire Hospital was opened in 1839 on the London Road on land donated by Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, a local resident and former Prime Minister. The hospital was built by local architect and builder Henry Briant, who won the design competition. King William IV took a keen interest in the hospital before it was built, and as a consequence his arms appear on the central pediment, although he died before the hospital opened. The first patron of the hospital was William's niece and successor, Queen Victoria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Images of England — Main Block and Flanking Wings at Royal Berkshire Hospital )〕 In the 1860s, the original building was extended with east and west wings designed by Joseph Morris. In the 1880s, a new chapel was added to the rear of the main block, together with long side wings. Both chapel and side wings were also designed by Morris.〔〔 In 1931, the famous fighter pilot Douglas Bader had both legs amputated in the hospital by the surgeon Leonard Joyce, after an aircrash at Woodley Aerodrome. The hospital features in the film Reach for the Sky, where these events are depicted. Catherine Middleton, the wife of Prince William, was born at Royal Berkshire Hospital on 9 January 1982, as was her sister Pippa Middleton in 1983.〔〔Brookes, Andrew. ''Crash! Military Aircraft Disasters, Accidents and Incidents''. London: Ian Allen Ltd., 1991, p. 36. ISBN 0-7110-1965-7.〕〔(English Monarchs ) at englishmonarchs.co.uk, accessed 4 January 2011〕 In 1993, the ''Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals NHS Trust'' was formed, to manage both the Royal Berkshire Hospital and Battle Hospital, the town's other general hospital. On 24 February 2006, The Queen accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh opened the new buildings of the Royal Berkshire Hospital. This was to celebrate the completion of an eight-year project to move the Battle Hospital services onto the Royal Berkshire Hospital site. In August of the same year, the trust became an NHS Foundation Trust under the name of ''Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust'', reflecting both its new status and the closure of Battle Hospital.〔 In 2008, the hospital was awarded 'Excellent' for its use of resources and 'Good' for the quality of its services in the Healthcare Commission's annual health check of all the hospitals within the National Health Service. The accident and emergency department is consistently one of the most efficient in the country, with more than 99% of patients being seen and treated, admitted or discharged within four hours.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust wins praise in national health check )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Total Time in A&E data files )〕 In August 2010, it was reported that the number of jobs in the hospital would be reduced by 600, out of a total of around 4000, to achieve a saving of £60 million. In October 2013, as part of a screening process by the Care Quality Commission, based on existing data and intended for use in prioritising inspections, the Trust was put into the highest risk category. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Royal Berkshire Hospital」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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