Bexhill Hospital

Bexhill Hospital
Bexhill Hospital
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
	Bexhill Hospital
	Shown in East Sussex
Geography
Location	Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	Coordinates: 50°51′03″N 0°28′31″E / 50.8507°N 0.4754°E
Organisation
Care system	National Health Service
Type	District general
Affiliated university	None
Patron	None
Services
Emergency department	No Accident & Emergency
History
Opened	1933
Links
Lists	Hospitals in England

Bexhill Hospital is a National Health Service hospital at Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex. It is managed by the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

History[]

Following a successful fund-raising campaign chaired by Admiral Charles Eustace Anson in the late 1920s, the hospital was built on Holliers Hill and officially opened by Princess Helena Victoria in 1933.^[1] The hospital site received four direct hits from German Luftwaffe bombs on one occasion during the Second World War.^[2] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.^[3]

References[]

^ "How Bexhill built its own hospital". Bexhill Hospital Friends. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ "Laughter among the bombs as Bexhill Hospital was attacked from the air ..." Bexhill Observer. 11 September 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ "Bexhill Hospital, Bexhill-on-Sea". National Archives. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[1] "How Bexhill built its own hospital". Bexhill Hospital Friends. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[2] "Laughter among the bombs as Bexhill Hospital was attacked from the air ..." Bexhill Observer. 11 September 2006. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[na-3] "Bexhill Hospital, Bexhill-on-Sea". National Archives. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

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