Totnes Community Hospital

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

Totnes Community Hospital
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Totnes Community Hospital
Shown in Devon
Geography
LocationCoronation Road, Totnes, Devon, England
Coordinates50.4327°N 3.6840°W / 50.4327; -3.6840
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeCommunity
History
Opened19th century
Links
Websitewww.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk/visiting-us/totnes-community-hospital/
ListsHospitals in England

History
The original hospital on Steamer Quay Road

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]

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

Further reading
  • Earle, Elizabeth (1987). A noble institution: a history of the Totnes Cottage Hospital. Totnes Community Archive.
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