Barnes Hospital, on South Worple Way,

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,} in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is a hospital managed by

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. It provides community and

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mental health services. The hospital was opened in 1889 as The Barnes Isolation Hospital. Its original purpose was to treat and care for patients with infectious diseases such as

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and scarlet fever. The existing buildings were extensively renovated in 2001 when a new extension was added. Half of the hospital's site was sold to a residential developer in 2019. In September 2020, plans were approved for a health centre and a

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school on the rest of the site: they are due to open in late 2023.

References

External links

Official website
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