Ashford Hospital is a general hospital in
Ashford Ashford may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Ashford, New South Wales
*Ashford, South Australia
*Electoral district of Ashford, South Australia
Ireland
*Ashford, County Wicklow
*Ashford Castle, County Galway
United Kingdom
* Ashford, Kent, a town
** ...
,
Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...
. It is managed by the
Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
History
The hospital has its origins in the Staines Poor Law Union Infirmary which opened in the mid-19th century.
It became the Staines Emergency Hospital in September 1939, Staines County Hospital in December 1941 and Ashford County Hospital in June 1945.
It joined the
National Health Service as Ashford Hospital in 1948.
[ A new nurses' home was completed in December 1956 and new out-patients and accident and emergency departments were added in 1966.][ A new maternity unit followed in 1968.][
The hospital was completely redeveloped in the early 1990s and the new facilities opened in September 1995.][
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References
External links
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Inspection reports
from the Care Quality Commission
Hospitals in Surrey
NHS hospitals in England
Poor law infirmaries
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