[1] On the introduction of the National Health Service in 1948 it was amalgamated with the Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary which had stood in Southgate Street.

[1] The hospital was rebuilt in the 1960s and eventually incorporated a new 11-storey tower, the work on which started in 1970 and was completed in 1975.

[1] A major expansion of the hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2001.

[2] The works were carried out by Bilfinger at a cost of £35 million and the new facility opened in 2005.

[3] On 29 December 2010, the first great-grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II was born at the hospital, a baby girl named Savannah Phillips.