It provides general hospital services including Accident and Emergency.

It took over the operation of the Cheltenham Ophthalmic Hospital c.1882, and joined the National Health Service in 1948.

[1] The popular entertainer Eric Morecambe died at the hospital in 1984.

There are 16 wards, a number of specialist departments and a minor injuries unit.

Additional specialisms include ophthalmology, with a Diabetic Eye Screening Unit.