East Surrey Hospital | |
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | |
Geography | |
Location | Redhill, Surrey, England |
Coordinates | 51°13′08″N 0°09′51″W / 51.2188°N 0.1643°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | National Health Service |
Type | General |
Affiliated university | Brighton and Sussex Medical School |
Patron | None |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 697 [1] |
History | |
Opened | 1979 |
Links | |
Website |
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East Surrey Hospital is a National Health Service hospital in the Whitebushes area to the south of Redhill, in Surrey, England. It is managed by the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. [2]
The hospital has its origins in the Reigate Cottage Hospital which was founded by Dr John Walters and opened in Albert Road North, Reigate, in 1866. [3] It moved to Whitepost Hill on the northern edge of Redhill Common as the Reigate and Redhill Hospital in 1871, and became the East Surrey Hospital in 1923. [3] It joined the National Health Service in 1948. [4]
The current facility, which allowed the closure of the previous facility and of the Smallfield Cottage Hospital, opened at Three Arch Road in 1981. [5] The new building was formally opened by the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, on 3 August 1984. [6] The second phase of building, which allowed the closure of Redhill General Hospital at Earlswood Common, opened in 1991 [5] with a formal opening by Virginia Bottomley MP in 1992. [6]
The hospital, a designated trauma unit, offers a wide range of medical services including 24-hour Accident and Emergency, Intensive Care and High Dependency units, gynaecology, obstetrics, midwifery and maternity services, paediatrics and diagnostic imaging, as well as the usual general surgery services. [7] As the nearest accident and emergency facility to London's Gatwick Airport, it is placed on standby when a serious aircraft incident is expected. [8]
Broadcast area | Redhill |
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Frequency | 100.4 MHz [9] |
Programming | |
Format | Hospital Radio |
History | |
First air date | February 1975 |
Radio Redhill is a hospital radio station broadcasting to the patients and staff of the hospital. It is available on 100.4FM, online and on the hospital's internal radio system. [10] The station won the gold Station of the Year award at the Hospital Broadcasting Awards in 2005. [11]