Farnham Hospital is a community hospital in

Farnham Farnham ( /ˈfɑːnəm/) is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a trib ...

, Surrey, England. It is managed by the

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History

The site of the hospital was originally built as a workhouse in 1791 and was mentioned in Sir Frederick Eden's 1797 survey of the poor in England. It was adopted by the local Poor Law Union in 1846. The hospital is notable for being visited by

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, who is alleged to have visited the hospital while living at

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, before travelling to Scutari,

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in 1854. She presented the hospital with a travelling

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set, which is stored as an exhibit in the hospital along with a further gift of a crucifix. Two additional infirmary blocks were built in 1870 and 1900 respectively. It was renamed to Farnham County Hospital in 1929, then to Farnham Hospital on establishment of the

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in 1948. It continued to be the main hospital for the area, until the establishment of the larger

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in 1974, which took over A&E services that Farnham had provided. The Friends of Farnham Hospital, a registered charity supporting the hospital by donations, was founded in 1954. In 1998, the hospital was identified as requiring improvements to provide better healthcare for patients. Construction of a new building started in 2001 and was opened in 2004 by the

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. The new building replaced some of the original 18th-century structures.

Services

The hospital hosts various medical practices and acts as a centre for

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s, serving outpatients from Frimley Park as well.

References

External links

Farnham Hospital and Health Center
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