West Berkshire Community Hospital is a small hospital located in the

Benham Hill Benham Hill is a hill and small settlement in the Shaw portion of the civil parish of Shaw-cum-Donnington in the English county of Berkshire, between Thatcham and Newbury. The settlement lies on the A4 road, and is previously the site of the ...

area of

Shaw-cum-Donnington Shaw-cum-Donnington is a civil parish in West Berkshire, England with all of its urban or suburban area immediately north of the largest town in the district, Newbury. It comprises the villages of Shaw and Donnington and contains the partia ...

, in

West Berkshire West Berkshire is a local government district in Berkshire, England, administered from Newbury by West Berkshire Council. History The district of Newbury was formed on 1 April 1974, as a merger of the borough of Newbury, Bradfield Rural Distric ...

, England. It is managed by

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust in England, which is responsible for the management of the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Berkshire, as well as the Prince Charles Eye Unit and the Dialysis Unit, both in ...

History

The hospital, established to replace the services previously provided by Newbury and

Sandleford Sandleford is a hamlet and former parish in the English county of Berkshire. Since at least 1924, the settlement has been within the civil parish of Greenham, and is located approximately south of the town of Newbury. Landscape Sandleford c ...

hospitals, was officially opened by

Princess Anne Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of K ...

in October 2004. A new renal and cancer care unit under construction at the hospital is due to be completed later in 2018. It is to have one of the 40 diagnostic community centres which are intended to expand the range of diagnostic services available outside hospitals.

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Official site
Hospital buildings completed in 2004 Hospitals in Berkshire NHS hospitals in England {{UK-hospital-stub

History

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