Isle of Wight Hospitals

A Detailed History of the Island's Hospitals - Past and Present


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    Many hospital services provided by NHS Isle of Wight are provided at St Mary's Hospital in Newport on the Isle of Wight.

    The hospital provides care to both medical and surgical patients and has 477 beds.

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  • Royal IOW Infirmary, Ryde

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  • Frank James, East Cowes

    The building on Adelaide Grove known, as “Frank James” was formal opened on Thursday 18th June by H.R.H. Princess Henry of Battenberg, the Governor of the Isle of Wight.

    The weather was fine and there was...

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  • Royal National Hospital, Ventnor

    The National Cottage Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest on the separate principle may be said to have been conceived in 1867, founded in 1868 and opened in 1869 andwas closed on April 15th 1964.

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Welcome

Welcome to the Isle of Wight Hospitals history site.

This site has been created to give a detailed history of the Island's Hospitals, past and present. The information has been provided by Andy Hollebon, Head of Communications - NHS Isle of Wight.

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Press Releases

Are you using the Correct Service? 12th August 2011

There has been an increased use of the Emergency Department at St Mary’s over the last few weeks, but this week has been exceptional and we are asking the public to help us to ensure that we can treat all those patients that need our services.

There has also been a high level of activity within the Beacon Centre over the last few evenings; therefore, we are asking patients to be aware of the alternative services available. Could we remind people of the opening hours of the Beacon Centre which are 0800 – 2000. Outside this time patients wishing to obtain general practice advice should contact the ISLAND Healthline on 0845 6031 007.

If you have a problem which is minor in mature or can wait, please consider visiting your GP or local pharmacy for support or advice.

Robin Beal, Emergency Dept. Consultant at St. Mary’s Hospital, said: “With demand on health services it is vital that the public carefully choose the right services and consider whether their needs really require emergency assistance. A visit to a community pharmacy or GP during daytime hours for non-urgent conditions is maybe more appropriate”.