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Epsom Hospital is a teaching hospital in Epsom, Surrey, England. The hospital is situated on Dorking Road 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south east of the centre of Epsom. It is managed by the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust along with the nearby St Helier Hospital.
In 2013, it was discovered that staff at the hospital and the neighbouring St Helier Hospital were accidentally overpaid by £294,000. A spokesman for the Epsom and St Helier trust responded by saying they "actively pursue overpayments via debt collection agencies who have demonstrated a very successful recovery rate." [14]
The hospital has its origins in a facility established at Pembroke Cottages at Pikes Hill in April 1873. [2] It moved to Hawthorn Place in 1877 and to Alexandra Road in 1889. [ 2 ] Emily Davison died at the hospital after being hit by King George V 's horse Anmer at the 1913 Derby when she walked onto the track during the race.
East Surrey Hospital – Redhill, Surrey; Epsom Cottage Hospital, Surrey; Epsom Hospital – Epsom; Farnham Hospital, Surrey; Farnham Road Hospital, Surrey; Frimley Park Hospital – Frimley, Surrey; The Horder Centre – Crowborough, East Sussex; Horsham Hospital – Horsham, West Sussex; Kent and Canterbury Hospital – Canterbury, Kent
The hospital was commissioned by the London County Council and was the fourth institution of the Epsom Cluster of Hospitals. [1] It was designed by George Thomas Hine; re-use of existing plans from other asylums allowed the council to pass the plans through the development stage and approval by the Commissioners in Lunacy faster than a new plan.
The hospital seems to have been so-called because of its location to the west of the landscaped parkland formerly associated with Horton Manor (later the Manor Hospital). Although sometimes called an 'asylum' by urban explorers and the media, [1] West Park was never officially termed as such, having opened as West Park Mental Hospital in 1923.
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Description: Map of Surrey, UK with Epsom and Ewell highlighted.. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%: Date: 2 August 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData