Ilkeston Community Hospital is a healthcare facility at Heanor Road,

Ilkeston Ilkeston is a town in the Borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England, on the River Erewash, from which the borough takes its name, with a population at the 2011 census of 38,640. Its major industries, coal mining, iron working and lace making/texti ...

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, England.

History

The facility has its origins in a cottage hospital established in Station Road in August 1884. The hospital moved to a new purpose-built facility which was opened at 99-109 Heanor Road by Lord Belper in March 1894. The hospital joined the

National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

in 1948 and, after it became dilapidated, a new facility was built further north on the Heanor Road in 1987: the new facility was opened by Diana, Princess of Wales in December 1987.

References

External links

Official site
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