Scunthorpe General Hospital is the main hospital for North Lincolnshire. It is situated on Church Lane in the west of Scunthorpe, off Kingsway, and north of the railway. Until the 1970s, it was known as Scunthorpe and District War Memorial Hospital. A& E is at the far north of the site on Cliff Gardens, accessed via Highfield Avenue, off Doncaster Road. As well as North Lincolnshire, it also serves Gainsborough and Goole.