East Surrey Hospital

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East Surrey Hospital
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
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Entrance to East Surrey Hospital
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Shown in Surrey
Geography
Location Redhill, Surrey, England
Coordinates 51°13′08″N0°09′51″W / 51.2188°N 0.1643°W / 51.2188; -0.1643 Coordinates: 51°13′08″N0°09′51″W / 51.2188°N 0.1643°W / 51.2188; -0.1643
Organisation
Care system National Health Service
Type General
Affiliated university Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Patron None
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds697 [1]
History
Opened1979;43 years ago (1979)
Links
Website www.surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/our-sites/east-surrey-hospital OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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]

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History

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]

Services

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]

Radio Redhill

Radio Redhill
Broadcast area Redhill
Frequency 1431 kHz [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 1431 AM, 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]

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