Epsom General Hospital

Details

Name :

Epsom General Hospital

Address  :

Dorking Road

Town  :

Epsom

State  :

Surrey

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

KT18 7EG

Phone  :

01372 735 735

Fax  :

01372 735 159

Web URL  :

Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 40

Other Facilities

  • Pathology
  • CT/MRI

Description

Epsom Hospital serves the southern part of the Trusts catchment area and provides an extensive range of inpatient day and outpatient services

It has an accident and emergency service with 44000 attendances per year

It also undertakes all elective prebooked inpatient surgery within the Trust

There is an extensive range of diagnostic and supporting services at Epsom Hospital including pathology radiology including CT MRI and ultrasound and vascular diagnostic services and a busy modern purposebuilt day care and day surgery unit

The site includes the Elective Orthopaedic Centre the EOC is operated by the Trust in conjunction with neighbouring trusts on a partnership basis from Epsom

This NHS treatment centre provides orthopaedic services to patients of St Georges Croydon Health Services and Kingston hospitals in addition to patients from Epsom and St Helier

Finally the site also includes an acute psychiatric facility operated by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust


History

History of Epsom Hospital
The first hospital in Epsom was opened in 1873 and was initially known as the Cottage Hospital The service operated from a converted house in Pembroke Cottages in Pikes Hill and contained just eight beds

In 1877 the hospital moved to Hawthorne Place Just two years later in 1889 a new hospital building was erected to celebrate Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee in Alexandra Road

During this time patients were charged between five shillings and 10 shillings six pence a week but most of the revenue came from charity

What is now Epsom Hospital in Dorking Road was built in 1890 under the Poor Law guardians The Poor Law was the system for the provision of social security in England and Wales until the establishment of the welfare state in the 20th century

The hospital remained a voluntary organisation supported by donations until the NHS was formed in 1948 At this time the hospital had expanded and housed 40 beds

In 1988 the Cottage Hospital was moved to new premises in the grounds of West Park Hospital The previous site was converted into a GP surgery
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