Friends of Surbiton and Tolworth Health Community

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History of Surbiton Health Centre
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Surbiton Hospital (1936 - 2011) to become Surbiton Health Centre ...

Surbiton Hospital - 2011

Surbiton Health Centre - 2013

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The Hill Manor estate on the Ewell road was purchased as the site of the new hospital, built to serve as a War Memorial to the local servicemen who had died in World War I.

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1934 
07 October

Lord Ashcombe - the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, laid the foundation stone for the new Hospital, built in the grounds of the Manor.  The estimated cost = £38,812.

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1936 - 28 July

The Duchess of Gloucester (1901 - 2004) officially opened The Surbiton Voluntary Hospital. The cost to build and equip the Hospital = £54,000.  The Hospital had an Operating Theatre, Out-Patients, X-Ray Department and Administrative Offices.  There was also an 11-bed Maternity Block adjacent to the main building.

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World War II

The Hospital joined the Emergency Medical Service under the control of St. Thomas' Hospital.

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1946

A Physiotherapy Department was opened.

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1947

A Nurses' Home was built.

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1948

• The Hospital joined the NHS under the control of the Kingston Group Hospital Management Committee - part of the South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board  - and renamed Surbiton General Hospital.
  
• New Out-Patients Department opened and was funded by a Peace Memorial Fund in commemoration of peace.
  

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1954

The Maternity Ward closed and converted into a Children's Ward.  Maternity patients were referred to Kingston Hospital.

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1974

The Hospital came under control of the Kingston and Richmond Area Health Authority, following a major re-organisation of the NHS.

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1982

The Hospital came under the control of the Kingston and Esher District Health Authority, following a further re-organisation of the NHS.

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1994

The Hospital came under the administration of the Kingston and District Community NHS Trust.

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2004

The Hospital came under the control of the Kingston Primary Care Trust whilst facing closure.  

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The buildings had become run-down, and the back-up generator needed replacing.  Water was leaking through the roof and under the floorboards.  A 7,000 strong Petition, to keep the Hospital open, failed.  The Trust then decided to the close the Hospital rather than spend an estimated £300,000 on repairing the roof.

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2005

In-patients needing intermediate care, were transferred to Tolworth Hospital, and those requiring continuing care were sent to a local nursing home.  Some healthcare-related facilities for out-patients remained on the site. 

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2011

• The Hospital closed.
  
• Planning Permission to re-develop the site as a new Health Centre, and a new Primary School was granted.  
  

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2013
04 March

The Surbiton Health Centre opened its doors. 

Edward Davey, MP for Kingston and Surbiton, and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
"I was delighted to be able to visit the new Surbiton Health Centre on 27th February, ahead of GP practices moving in on Monday 4th March.  Surbiton's new Health Centre is something I have campaigned on for over a decade. I was proud to support this project from its inception, as I believe it will provide an excellent and necessary service to local residents."

David Smith, Chief Officer for Kingston Clinical Commissioning Group and Director of Health and Adult Services for Kingston Council
 "We’re delighted to open the Centre - on time and on budget – an achievement that has only been possible thanks to the collective effort of the local community, staff, patients and residents."

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The modern, purpose-built Health Centre opened to provide the services of:

• 4 x GP surgeries
  
• Diagnostics
  
• X-Ray
  
• Utrasound
  
• Minor procedures
  
• Psychologial Therapies
  
• Pharmacy

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Acknowledgement:  Lost Hospitals of London - http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/surbiton.html

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