Barrow Gurney Hospital
November 2011
Barrow Gurney Hospital was a psychiatric hospital completed in 1937 and started serving patients in 1938. It's Situated in Somerset and just a few miles outside of Bristol. When WW2 broke out the hospital was commandeered by the Royal Navy to treat injured seamen but returned to civilian use in 1946.
This hospital is most famous for being awarded the title 'Dirtiest hospital in Britain' in 2005. This was following a survey of all of the UK's hospitals and Barrow hospital had particular poor standards of hygiene. Of the three remaining residential wards, two were immediately closed down and the patients moved elsewhere. Barrow Gurney finally closed in its doors in 2006.
Barrow Gurney Hospital was a psychiatric hospital completed in 1937 and started serving patients in 1938. It's Situated in Somerset and just a few miles outside of Bristol. When WW2 broke out the hospital was commandeered by the Royal Navy to treat injured seamen but returned to civilian use in 1946.
This hospital is most famous for being awarded the title 'Dirtiest hospital in Britain' in 2005. This was following a survey of all of the UK's hospitals and Barrow hospital had particular poor standards of hygiene. Of the three remaining residential wards, two were immediately closed down and the patients moved elsewhere. Barrow Gurney finally closed in its doors in 2006.