Ashford Hospital is a general hospital in Ashford, Surrey. It is managed by the

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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

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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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