Tunbridge Wells Hospital is a large district general hospital near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, run by the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. The hospital is located on Tonbridge Road, around 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) to the north-west of Pembury, close to the A21 trunk road. It is surrounded by woodland on three sides.
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History
The original hospital on the site was a workhouse opened in 1836. The facility became known as Pembury County Hospital in 1938, and was demolished to make way for the new Tunbridge Wells Hospital in September 2011.
A new hospital was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract to replace both the Pembury County Hospital and the Kent and Sussex Hospital. The new hospital was designed by Anshen & Allen and built by Laing O'Rourke at a cost of £230 million. The first phase of the new hospital, on which construction started in 2008, opened in January 2011; the rest of the hospital opened on 21 September 2011 at which time all services were transferred from the Kent and Sussex Hospital. The new hospital was denied a "Royal" prefix. Facilities management services are provided by Interserve.
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Facilities
The new hospital has 512 beds and provides a full range of clinical services including an Accident and Emergency department. The first department to transfer to the new hospital was the maternity department, with the first baby being born in the new unit in January 2011. Every inpatient has their own room with en-suite facilities, with ceiling to floor windows revealing views over surrounding woodland. The maternity unit sees nearly 100 babies born every week and the A&E department treats 50,000 patients every year.
See also
- Healthcare in Kent
- List of hospitals in England
References
Source of article : Wikipedia
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