The Royal Victoria Hospital was a health facility in the High Street in
Dover
Dover ( ) is a town and major ferry port in Kent, southeast England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies southeast of Canterbury and east of Maidstone. ...
,
Kent
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, England. The original hospital is a Grade II
listed building
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.
History
The hospital was established by the conversion of an early 19th century mansion known as Brook House to form the Dover Dispensary in 1851.
An annex was added to celebrate the
Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria
The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria was celebrated on 20 and 21 June 1887 to mark the Golden jubilee, 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession on 20 June 1837. It was celebrated with a National service of thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Serv ...
in 1887.
[ It became the Dover Hospital in 1893 and the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1902.][ It joined the ]National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern ...
in 1948.[
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References
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1851 establishments in England
Hospitals established in 1851
Hospital buildings completed in 1851
Hospitals in Kent
Defunct hospitals in England
Buildings and structures in Dover, Kent