Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital

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The Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital
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Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital
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Shown in Buckinghamshire
Geography
Location Aylesbury,, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°49′15″N0°48′58″W / 51.8207°N 0.8160°W / 51.8207; -0.8160
Organisation
Care system Private
Type Specialist
Services
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency
Beds22
Speciality Spinal cord injury, Stroke, Acquired Brain Injury
History
Opened1832
Links
Website www.royalbucks.co.uk
Lists Hospitals in England

The Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital (colloquially called the Royal Bucks) is a private hospital in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. It is a Grade II listed building. [1]

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History

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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References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital (1276814)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth; Brandwood, Geoffrey K. (1994). Buckinghamshire. Pevsner Architectural Guides. p. 156. ISBN   978-0140710625.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "New funding boosts investment programme for the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital". Santander. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  4. ↑ McDonald, Lynn (2005). Florence Nightingale and Hospital Reform. Vol. 16. Wilfrid Laurier. p. 640. ISBN   978-0889204713.
  5. ↑ "Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital reopens with new owners". BBC. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "The New Foscote Hospital acquires the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital, Aylesbury". Great Reporter. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
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