county hospital is an acute hospital with less than 200 inpatient beds, opened in 1983. it is the main hospital in stafford, england. the hospital is managed by university hospitals of north midlands nhs trust. county hospital's accident and emergency unit is the only such facility in stafford. wards at county hospital are numbered, with the exception of specialist units. the hospital changed its name on 1 november 2014 from stafford hospital to county hospital as part of the dissolution of the mid staffordshire nhs trust.