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St Peter's Hospital is an NHS district general hospital in Chertsey, Surrey, England. It has 400 beds and a wide range of acute care services, including an Accident & Emergency department. It is located between Woking and Chertsey near junction 11 of the M25 motorway and is managed by Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Royal Surrey County Hospital was one of the first NHS Trusts in 1991. It treats around 500,000 patients a year – 74,000 accident and emergency, 90,000 in-patients and day-patients and 336,000 outpatients.
Royal Surrey County Hospital – Guildford, Surrey; Royal Victoria Hospital – Folkestone, Kent; Southlands Hospital – Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex; Spire Alexandra Hospital (independent) – Chatham, Kent; Spire Clare Park Hospital (independent) – Farnham, Surrey; Spire Gatwick Park Hospital (independent) – Horley, Surrey
It runs East Surrey Hospital in Redhill and outpatient services at Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey, and at Crawley Hospital in Crawley, England. Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of around 3,500 providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 535,000.
The hospital has its origins in the County Sanatorium which was established in 1909 and later developed into the Surrey Smallpox Hospital. [1] After the First World War it was decided to establish a facility for the treatment of tuberculosis on the site and a foundation stone was laid by Lord Ashcombe in May 1927. [2]
It was established in 2012 as the Surrey Pathology Service. In 2023 it employs around 1,400 people and conducts around 60 million tests per year. [1] Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust established the organisation. [2]
The hospital has its origins in the Staines Poor Law Union Infirmary which opened in the mid-19th century. [1] [2] It became the Staines Emergency Hospital in September 1939, Staines County Hospital in December 1941 and Ashford County Hospital in June 1945. [3] It joined the National Health Service as Ashford Hospital in 1948. [3]
Frimley Park Hospital was opened to provide a full range of acute services to patients North East Hampshire and West Surrey in 1974. [2] After Cambridge Military Hospital in Aldershot closed in 1996, the hospital was selected by the Ministry of Defence to host one of the Ministry of Defence Hospital Units. [3]