Fordingbridge Hospital
Fordingbridge Hospital is a small community hospital in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England. The hospital is on the same site as the previous Fordingbridge Infirmary and prior to that the Fordingbridge Workhouse. The buildings are largely original Victorian with a modern ward for inpatients. It is managed by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust based in Calmore, Southampton.[1]
| Fordingbridge Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Entrance showing Victorian part of hospital | |
  Location in Hampshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bartons Road Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England |
| Coordinates | 50.92752°N 1.79292°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Funding | Government hospital |
| Type | Community with out-patients department |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| Beds | 21 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1885 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
The hospital has its origins in the Union Workhouse built on a site on Bartons Road in 1885.[lower-alpha 1] The site cost a little over £9,000 and the buildings were erected in the Queen Anne style.[2] In the 1930s the facility became a Public Assistance Institution and in 1948 it joined the National Health Service as Fordingbridge Infirmary for the Chronic Sick.[2]
After the Fordingbridge Cottage Hospital at Highfield House on Alderholt Road closed, its services were transferred to the Bartons Road site in 1984,[3] and a modern facility, known as Ford Ward, opened on the Bartons Road site, which itself became known as Fordingbridge Hospital.[1]
Services
The hospital provides 20 beds for older people and has physiotherapy and occupational therapy support. A small outpatient department in the older building accommodates a moderate range of specialities including: podiatry, ear, nose and throat services, audiology, speech and language therapy, continence service, dermatology services, stroke clinic services and dietitian services.[1][4]
Notes
- Replacing an earlier workhouse in Shaftesbury Road that had been destroyed by fire
References
- "Fordingbridge Hospital". Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- Higginbotham, Peter. "The Workhouse, the Story of an Institution". Fordingbridge. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- "Hospital closures". UK Parliament. 8 December 1986. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- "Fordingbridge Hospital". NHS Choices. Retrieved 22 April 2013.