Totnes Community Hospital Explained

Totnes Community Hospital
Org/Group:Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Location:Coronation Road, Totnes
Region:Devon
Country:England
Healthcare:NHS
Type:Community
Founded:19th century
Map Type:Devon
Coordinates:50.4327°N -3.684°W

Totnes Community Hospitalis a health facility on Coronation Road in Totnes, Devon, England. It is managed by Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The facilities has its origins in a cottage hospital established by the conversion of a house on Steamer Quay Road in the 19th century.[1] This was replaced by a new purpose-built cottage hospital built by Thomas Brook on Bridgetown Hill in the 1890s.[1] [2] The Bridgetown Hill facility eventually became decrepit and, after the hospital closed in the early 1990s, the site was developed as Varian Court.[1]

The current facility on Coronation Road, which replaced both the old Bridgetown Hill facility and the Broomborough Hospital, was opened by the Duchess of Kent in 1993.[1] The hospital was briefly closed because of the discovery of the legionella bacteria in January 2019.[3]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Devon Historic Coastal and Market Towns Survey: Totnes. Cornwall Council. 1 November 2014. 16 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Victorian Totnes Developer Built Homes For Six Daughters. Chartsedge News. 27 November 2018. 16 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Legionella discovered at Totnes Community Hospital in Devon. 17 January 2019. Devon Live. 16 January 2020.