- Harold Wood Hospital
Infobox Hospital
Name = Harold Wood Hospital
Org/Group = Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust
Caption =
Location = Havering,
Region = London
State = England
Country = UK
HealthCare = NHS
Type = District General
Speciality =
Standards =
Emergency = No
Affiliation=London South Bank University
Beds =
Founded =
Closed = 13 December 2006
(transfer to Queen's and King George)
Website = http://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/home.php Trust
Wiki-Links = |Harold Wood Hospital was a hospital in
London ,United Kingdom . It was located in Gubbins Lane,Harold Wood , in theLondon Borough of Havering .London South Bank University Havering campus is located at the hospital site.The hospital was opened in 1909 by West Ham County Borough council, as the Grange convalescent home for children, which operated with the nearby Plaistow fever hospital. The Grange had been a private house, built in 1884 by John Compton, owner of the Gubbins estate. The convalescent home was maintained by the county borough until the
Second World War , as an emergency hospital. After the war it became a permanent hospital, and in the 1960s was significantly enlarged. [cite web | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42811| title="Hornchurch: Economic history and local government", British History Online]The hospital later became part of the
Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust . It was closed on13 December 2006 with patients and functions relocated toQueen's Hospital and toKing George Hospital . The site vacated by the hospital has been earmarked for a 470-home housing development. [cite web|url=http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/planning_decisions/strategic_dev/mar2002/harold_wood_hospital_appendix.rtf | title=PDU Case Report] The original plan to keep certain NHS facilities has been superseeded and the entire plot has been approved for residential development. Local residents are opposing the proposal of over 800 dwellings, including a 9 storey block. [ [http://www.saveharoldwood.org.uk Save Harold Wood! ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.londonpilot.nhs.uk/england/hospitals/showhospital.aspx?id=RF4HA Harold Wood Hospital] - NHS information
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