Information about this hospital might be outdated.
Details
Address
Church Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6PR
Previous Locations
Elm Gardens, Welwyn Garden City (1929 - 1940)
Fretherne Road, Welwyn Garden City (1940 - c.1948)
Foundation Year
1929
Status
Closed (since 1970)
Administrative Authorities
Regional Board (1948-1974)
North West Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Mid Hertfordshire Group
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Not Applicable
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (1974-1982)
Not Applicable
District Authority (Post-1982)
Not Applicable
Pre-1974 County
Hertfordshire
Post-1974 County
Not Applicable
Post-1996 County
Not applicable
Status
Pre-1948
Voluntary
Pre-1948 information
VOL: Welwyn Garden City Health Association.
Post-1948
NHS
Type
Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute, Geriatric
Post-1948 information
AC: Mainly.
GER: By 1979.
Other information
The Welwyn Garden City Cottage Hospital was opened in 1929, when the Welwyn Garden City Health Association purchased the Hollies Nursing Home for £2 750. The hospital had eight beds, of which three were private. There was one operating theatre. By mid-1929 it was obvious that a hospital of about 100 beds would be needed. Much of the work of the Health Association was on a voluntary basis. In 1940 the Cottage Hospital moved from Elm Gardens to Frethorne House in Church Road which had been a Boys' Preparatory School. In 1948 the Welwyn Garden City Health Association was disbanded and the Welwyn Garden City Cottage Hospital passed to the Minister of Health and became part of the North West Metropolitan Hospital Board. In 1963 the Cottage Hospital was replaced by the new Queen Elizabeth II Hospital at Howlands, and had closed by the early 1970s. It was also linked with Peartree Maternity Home, which opened in 1940.