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- Administrative
- 1846 - 1990
- General
- 1846 - 1990
- Nursing
- 1932 - 1976
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- 1934 - 1962
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- 1990 - 1990
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- 1890 - 1990
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Hospital
Royal Victoria Hospital
Last updated .
Important information
Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
- Previous Names
- Folkestone Dispensary (1846-1863), Folkestone Dispensary and Infirmary (1863-1890), Victoria Hospital (1890-1910)
- Address
- Radnor Park Avenue, Folkestone, CT19 5AN
- Previous Locations
- Rendezvous Street, Dover Road
- Current Trust
- East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust (since 1999)
- Previous Trusts
- South Kent Hospitals NHS Trust (from 1994)
- Foundation Year
- 1846
- Status
- Open
Administrative Authorities
- Regional Board (1948-1974)
- South East Metropolitan
- Management Committee (1948-1974)
- South East Kent
- Regional Authority (1974-1982)
- South East Thames
- Regional Authority (Post-1982)
- South East Thames
- District Authority (1974-1982)
- South East Kent
- District Authority (Post-1982)
- South East Kent
- Pre-1974 County
- Kent
- Post-1974 County
- Kent
- Post-1996 County
- Kent
Status
- Pre-1948
- Voluntary
- Pre-1948 information
- Used for military personnel during both world wars
- Post-1948
- NHS
Type
- Pre-1948
- General, Military
- Post-1948
- Acute, Geriatric, Other
- Post-1948 information
- Other: stroke rehabilitation, eye surgery and GP patients (from 1979)
Other information
In 1973 the maternity unit was transferred to Willesborough Hospital. Following the opening of the William Harvey Hospital at Ashford, this hospital was transformed into a centre for geriatric, stroke rehabilitation, eye surgery (1980-1994) and general practitioner patients. There is a published history of the hospital: Martin Easdown, A Grand Old Lady: The History of the Royal Victoria Hospital Folkestone, 1846-1996 (1996)