Buckland Hospital

Hospital in Kent, England

51°07′56″N 1°17′32″E / 51.1321°N 1.2922°E / 51.1321; 1.2922OrganisationCare systemNational Health ServiceFundingPublic hospitalTypeCommunity HospitalServicesEmergency departmentNoHistoryOpened1836LinksWebsitewww.ekhuft.nhs.ukListsHospitals in England

Buckland Hospital is a community hospital at Dover in Kent, England. It is managed by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The hospital has its origins in the Dover Union Workhouse Infirmary which was completed in 1836.^[1]^[2] This was replaced by a new infirmary in 1884 and a nurses' home was added in 1902.^[1] It became the county hospital in 1943 and it joined the National Health Service as Buckland Hospital in 1948.^[1] Funding for a purpose-built modern hospital on an adjacent site was approved in December 2012.^[3] The new hospital, which incorporates a minor injury unit, was completed in June 2015.^[4]

The site of the old hospital was bought by a developer for £1.5 million in December 2016.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Dover". Workhouses. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
^ "Buckland Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
^ "Dover's new community hospital nears completion". BBC. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
^ "The new Buckland Hospital opens in Dover". Kent online. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
^ "Dover's former Buckland Hospital is set for a '1970s Soviet Russia' makeover". Kent Live. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.