St Leonard's Hospital is a health facility in Ferndown, Dorset, England. It is managed by Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust.
| St Leonard's Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust | |
 St Leonard's Hospital | |
  Shown in Dorset | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Ferndown, Dorset, England |
| Coordinates | 50°49′03″N 1°51′22″W / 50.8176°N 1.85612°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Type | Community |
| History | |
| Opened | 1942 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
History
editThe facility was built for American and Canadian military personnel arriving at Hurn Airport and was completed in 1942 during the Second World War.[1] At the end of the war General Dwight D. Eisenhower planted an oak tree to commemorate the event.[2] It joined the National Health Service as a geriatric facility in 1948 and, after most of the wartime buildings were cleared away in the 1960s, a small community hospital was established on the site.[1] In September 2018 the Fayrewood Ward was closed as services started to transfer to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Redevelopment of the former St Leonards Hospital: Development Brief" (PDF). Dorset Council. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Historic water tower to be demolished - but Eisenhower's oak will remain". Daily Echo. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "St Leonard's Community Hospital due to close this September". Mags for Dorset. 1 July 2018. p. 11. Retrieved 11 January 2020.