Bexhill Hospital

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Bexhill Hospital
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Bexhill Hospital
Bexhill Hospital is located in East Sussex
Bexhill Hospital
Shown in East Sussex
Geography
LocationBexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates50°51′03″N 0°28′31″E / 50.8507°N 0.4754°E / 50.8507; 0.4754
Organisation
Care systemNational Health Service
TypeDistrict general
Affiliated universityNone
PatronNone
Services
Emergency departmentNo Accident & Emergency
History
Opened1933
Links
ListsHospitals in England

Bexhill Hospital is a National Health Service hospital at Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex, England. It is managed by the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

History[edit]

Following a successful fund-raising campaign chaired by Admiral Charles Eustace Anson in the late 1920s, the hospital was built on Holliers Hill and officially opened by Princess Helena Victoria in 1933.[1] The hospital site received four direct hits from German Luftwaffe bombs on one occasion during the Second World War.[2] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "How Bexhill built its own hospital". Bexhill Hospital Friends. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Laughter among the bombs as Bexhill Hospital was attacked from the air ..." Bexhill Observer. 11 September 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Bexhill Hospital, Bexhill-on-Sea". National Archives. Retrieved 24 November 2018.