Ilkeston Community Hospital

Ilkeston Community Hospital
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
Ilkeston Community Hospital
Location in Derbyshire
Geography
Location	Heanor Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England
Coordinates	52.9881°N 1.3207°W / 52.9881; -1.3207
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Type	Community
History
Opened	1987
Links
Website	www.dchs.nhs.uk

Ilkeston Community Hospital is a healthcare facility at Heanor Road, Ilkeston in Derbyshire, England.

History

The facility has its origins in a cottage hospital established in Station Road in August 1884.^[1] The hospital moved to a new purpose-built facility which was opened at 99-109 Heanor Road by Lord Belper in March 1894.^[2][3] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and, after it became dilapidated, a new facility was built further north on the Heanor Road in 1987: the new facility was opened by Diana, Princess of Wales in December 1987.^[4]

References

1. "Ilkeston Community Hospital, Ilkeston". National Archives. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
2. "Disease in the Town". Old Ilkeston. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
3. "Ilkeston: General Hospital — Heanor Road". Ilkeston History. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
4. "The People's Princess 20 years on". Derbyshire Times. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2019.

External links

• Official site