Fordingbridge Hospital
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| Fordingbridge Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Entrance showing Victorian part of hospital | |
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  Location in Hampshire | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bartons Road Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England |
| Coordinates | 50°55′39″N 1°47′35″W / 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 |
Fordingbridge Hospital is a small community hospital in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England. The hospital closed to admissions in September 2023.
The hospital has its origins in the Union Workhouse built on a site on Bartons Road in 1885.[a] The site cost a little over £9,000 and the buildings were erected in the Queen Anne style.[1] 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.[1]
After the Fordingbridge Cottage Hospital at Highfield House on Alderholt Road closed, its services were transferred to the Bartons Road site in 1984,[2] and a modern facility, known as Ford Ward, opened on the Bartons Road site, which itself became known as Fordingbridge Hospital.[3]
After failing to maintain staffing levels, the hospital closed to admissions in September 2023.[4]