Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital

The hospital was established, by adding new wings to an 18th-century country house, in 1832.[2] The facility was extensively remodeled to a design by David Brandon using a pavilion layout which was heavily influenced by Florence Nightingale through her brother-in-law, Sir Harry Verney of Claydon House.[3] She said that "it will be the most beautiful hospital in England."[3] The new hospital was opened as the Buckinghamshire General Infirmary in 1862.[3]

It is thought that the hospital became "Royal" after the Prince of Wales received treatment there in the late 19th century.[3] A new wing, the foundation stone for which was laid by Lord Rothschild, followed in 1905.[3]

Following the expansion of the Stoke Mandeville Hospital nearby, the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital joined the National Health Service as a maternity hospital in 1948.[4] It became a private hospital in 1994 and, after acquisition by Affinity Care Homes[5] and an extensive subsequent refurbishment, it reopened as a facility for the treatment of patients with spinal cord, acquired brain injury and other neurological conditions in 2013.[3]

In January 2023, the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital was acquired by the New Foscote Hospital in Banbury, Oxfordshire and is to undergo an extensive refurbishment.[6]

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