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Kent and Sussex Hospital

The Kent and Sussex Hospital was a district general hospital located on Mount Ephraim in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England serving the West Kent and East Sussex areas. It was managed by the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust until it closed in 2011.

History
The Kent and Sussex Hospital was built on the site of a mansion called Great Culverden House, designed by Decimus Burton. This replaced the original Tunbridge Wells General Hospital which was founded in 1828 on another site. The foundation stone for the new hospital was laid by the Duchess of York in 1932. The hospital moved from voluntary status to the control of the NHS in 1949. ==Closure==
Closure
Nearby Pembury Hospital was rebuilt as the Tunbridge Wells Hospital in the 2000s. Services were then transferred from the Kent and Sussex Hospital, which closed on 21 September 2011. Planning permission was granted to redevelop the hospital site for a mix of housing, offices and a school in December 2012. == Notable staff ==
Notable staff
• Ada Smith R.R.C., matron, at Tunbridge Wells General Hospital from 1897 to 1925, and was in charge of local Red Cross VAD Hospitals during the First World War. Smith died inpost after a short illness, and is buried in Tunbridge Wells Cemetery. • Emily MacManus, sector matron during the Second World War and matron of Guy's Hospital London. • Mary Frere, matron for the recently opened Kent and Sussex Hospital in Tunbridge Wells from 1938 to 1963. She was matron during the Second World War and was there when the hospital was bombed. ==See also==
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