Lewes Victoria Hospital

Hospital in England

50°52′30″N 0°00′19″W / 50.8750°N 0.0054°W / 50.8750; -0.0054OrganisationCare systemPublic NHSTypeCommunityServicesEmergency departmentNo Accident & EmergencyHistoryOpened1909LinksWebsitewww.bsuh.nhs.ukListsHospitals in England

Lewes Victoria Hospital is a health facility at Nevill Road in Lewes, East Sussex, England. It is managed by NHS Property Services with services operated principally by Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, and with parts of community medical cover provided by general practitioners from Foundry Healthcare Lewes, the local primary care network.

History

The facility has its origins in the Lewes Dispensary which was established in the High Street in 1847.^[1] It moved to larger premises at School Hill where it opened as the Lewes Dispensary and Infirmary in 1855.^[1] It moved again to its current building, which was designed by Ernest Runtz and George Ford in the Queen Anne style, and which opened as the Victoria Hospital and Infirmary in 1909.^[2] It joined the National Health Service as the Victoria Hospital in 1948.^[1] In July 2018 the trust announced plans for an urgent treatment centre at the hospital.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Victoria Hospital, Lewes". National Archives. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
^ "Lewes Victoria Hospital". Historic Hospitals. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
^ "New urgent treatment centre planned at Lewes Victoria Hospital". Sussex Express. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2019.