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{{Infobox hospital
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| Name        = Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
| Org/Group   = [[Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust]]
| Image       = North Hampshire Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 73200.jpg
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| coordinates = {{coord|51.28|-1.11|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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| Location    = [[Basingstoke]]
| Region      = [[Hampshire]]
| State       = [[England]]
| Country     = UK
| HealthCare  = NHS
| Type        = District
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| Emergency   = Yes
| Affiliation = <!-- 'None' or Medical School and University affiliations (medical or paramedical) -->
| Patron      = None
| Beds        = 806 (All Trust hospitals, Q3 2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/bed-data-overnight/|title=Bed Availability and Occupancy Data&nbsp;– Overnight|publisher=NHS England|accessdate=8 March 2019}}</ref>
| Founded     = 1969
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| Website     = {{URL|http://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/}}
| map_type    =Hampshire
| map_caption =Location in Hampshire
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'''Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital''' ('''BNHH''') is a 450-bed [[National Health Service]] (NHS) [[hospital]] in [[Basingstoke]], [[Hampshire]], [[England]] run by [[Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust]]. It employs around 2,800 staff. Each year it has around 47,000 admissions, sees 43,000 patients in the Emergency Department, sees around 175,000 outpatients and delivers over 2,800 babies.
==History==
The Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (BNHH) opened as a maternity unit in 1969.<ref name=open>{{cite web
| url=http://www.northhampshire.nhs.uk/news-events/news/2008-press-releases/nhs60th-basingstoke-and-north-hampshire-hospital-celebrate-with-a-public-open-day/
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| url-status=dead
| archive-date=24 July 2011
|title=NHS60th – Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital celebrate with a public Open Day
|date=11 June 2008
|accessdate=8 March 2009}}</ref> The hospital established its own hospital radio station known as Hospital Radio Basingstoke and broadcasting on 945&nbsp;kHz AM in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hbauk.com/member-stations/profile/91|title=Hospital Radio Basingstoke|publisher=Hospital Broadcasting Association|date=|accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref> The main hospital building was opened in 1974.<ref name=open/>
An elephant-shaped fountain by sculptor [[Sioban Coppinger]], made to form part of a children's play area, was erected in Hunters Courtyard in the grounds of the hospital in 1992.<ref>{{cite web
|title=Public Art - Out of Town
|publisher=Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
|year=2005
|url=http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/leisure/arts/publicart/outtown/
|accessdate=2006-12-26
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024125639/http://www.basingstoke.gov.uk/leisure/arts/publicart/outtown/
|archivedate=24 October 2006
|url-status=dead
|df=dmy-all
}}</ref>
In 1999 BNHH became the first hospital in Europe to perform surgery using equipment operated by voice commands.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Irwin
| first = Aisling
| title = Equipment operates on doctor's orders
| publisher = [[The Daily Telegraph]]
| date = 4 November 1999
| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/03/29/btvpile29.xml&sSheet=/arts/2006/03/29/ixartleft.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071103113526/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2006%2F03%2F29%2Fbtvpile29.xml&sSheet=%2Farts%2F2006%2F03%2F29%2Fixartleft.html
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 3 November 2007
| accessdate = 2006-12-26
}}</ref>
In 2002 a new education centre, The Ark Centre, was opened on the hospital campus, run by the North Hampshire Medical Education Trust, a registered charity.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dreams become reality at The ARK|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/5604076.Dreams_become_reality_at_The_ARK/?ref=arc|work=Southern Daily Echo|date=4 October 2002|language=en}}</ref>
The hospital was used as a set for both series of the [[Channel 4]] comedy series ''[[Green Wing]]'' which broadcast between September 2004 and May 2006.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Raphael
| first = Amy
| title = Green Wing's midwife and surgeon
| publisher = [[The Daily Telegraph]]
| date = 29 March 2006
| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/03/29/btvpile29.xml&sSheet=/arts/2006/03/29/ixartleft.html
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| archive-date = 3 November 2007
| accessdate = 2006-12-26
}}</ref>
Early in 2012 the hospital, together with the [[Andover War Memorial Hospital]] and the [[Royal Hampshire County Hospital]] in Winchester, came under the management of The Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hampshire hospital trust to serve 600,000 people after merger|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16467137|work=BBC News|date=9 January 2012}}</ref> In 2013, the Candover Clinic was established.<ref name=":0"/>
BNHH has had several outbreaks of [[Norovirus]] in the past, notably in December 2011,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-16367556|title=Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital norovirus warning|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2016-09-06}}</ref> January 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/news/6435/norovirus-outbreaks-in-reading-swindon-and-basingstoke-hospitals.html|title=Norovirus outbreaks in Reading, Swindon and Basingstoke hospitals|date=10 January 2013|publisher=Newbury Today|accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref> April 2016,<ref name=echo>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/14404751.Norovirus_cases_at_Hampshire_hospital/|title=Norovirus cases at Hampshire hospital|website=Daily Echo|access-date=2016-09-06}}</ref> although these have mostly been small-scale and well-isolated by [[infection control]] procedures, reduced visiting hours and advice that vulnerable patients shouldn't attend the hospital during outbreaks.<ref name=echo/>
== Candover Clinic ==
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The '''Candover Clinic''' is a private hospital located on the BNHH's site.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://candoverclinic.com/our-facilities/|title=Candover Clinic {{!}} Our Facilities|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-11}}</ref> It is also funded and operated by [[Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/patients-visitors/candover-clinic-private-healthcare.aspx|title=Candover Clinic Private Healthcare - Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|website=www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk|access-date=2016-07-11}}</ref> The clinic was built in 2013 and is dedicated to private patients. It provides an outpatients service, an inpatient ward, operating theatres and medical imaging to private patients.<ref name=":0" />
The clinic has a 22-bed inpatient ward containing 22 individual en-suite rooms. It has a number of on-site diagnostic imaging machines, including [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]], [[CT scan|CT]], [[ultrasound]] and [[x-ray]]. There are also anaesthetic rooms and [[Operating theater|operating theatres]] as part of the unit for routine operations.<ref name=":0" />
Despite being situated on the same site as Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, the clinic provides services to private patients only. Patients pay for services either through private insurance or through self-funding.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://candoverclinic.com/insurance-or-self-funding/|title=Candover Clinic {{!}} Insurance or Self-Funding|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727162251/http://candoverclinic.com/insurance-or-self-funding/|archive-date=27 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The profits generated from the clinic are reinvested into the Foundation Trust to provide a source of additional funding for the public services offered by [[Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|HHFT]]. Over the period 2014–2016, the clinic had generated an income of £8.6 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://candoverclinic.com/community-benefits/|title=Candover Clinic {{!}} Community Benefits|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808220117/http://candoverclinic.com/community-benefits/|archive-date=8 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==CQC==
The independent regulator, the [[Care Quality Commission]] (CQC), rated the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital as "Requires improvement" overall in July 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/new_reports/AAAH4359.pdf|title=Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust inspection report|format=PDF|page=18|accessdate=26 September 2018}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of hospitals in England]]
==References==
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website}}
* [https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/RN506 Inspection reports] from the [[Care Quality Commission]]
* [http://www.hrbasingstoke.co.uk/ Hospital Radio Basingstoke]
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