Hospital
Princess of Wales Hospital
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Important information
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Details
- Previous Names
- Royal Air Force Hospital Ely 1939 - 1987
- Princess of Wales Royal Air Force Hospital 1987 - 1992
- Address
- Lynn Road, , Ely, CB6 1DN
- Current Trust
- Lifespan Healthcare NHS Trust (since 1993)
- Foundation Year
- 1939 (approximately)
- Status
- Open
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- Ministry of Defence
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- Independent
- Regional Authority (1974-1982)
- Ministry of Defence
- Regional Authority (Post-1982)
- Ministry of Defence
- District Authority (1974-1982)
- Independent
- District Authority (Post-1982)
- Independent
- Pre-1974 County
- Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely
- Post-1974 County
- Cambridgeshire
- Post-1996 County
- Cambridgeshire
Status
- Post-1948
- NHS
- Post-1948 information
- RAF Hospital until 1992, when became hospital of newly-established Lifespan Healthcare NHS Trust (based at Chesterton, Cambridge)
Type
- Pre-1948
- Military, Other
- Pre-1948 information
- Military
- Post-1948
- Military, Other
- Post-1948 information
- Military but with local civilian patients also
Other information
The present hospital is a successor to the RAF Hospital in little more than name and buildings. It is occupied by the administration and staff of the former Tower Hospital which moved in when the RAF reliquished it, but the larger premises have enabled a wider range of services from geriatric, physio therapy, out-patients, etc. formerly at Tower Hospital.