Southend University Hospital is an

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hospital located in

Westcliff-on-Sea Westcliff-on-Sea (previously known as Milton, often abbreviated to Westcliff, and in the past spelt as Westcliffe-on-Sea) is a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea, located within the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is on the north sh ...

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, Essex. It is managed by

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History

In 1887, to celebrate

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, a public fund was started with the aim of building a hospital, and the site for Southend's first hospital was bought for £350 (in Warrior Square, near to Southend High Street). Built at a cost of £1,287 4s 6d, Southend Victoria Hospital was opened in May 1888. By Christmas, with eight beds and two cots, it had treated 61 patients at an average weekly cost of 4s 6d (22.5p). In order to allow expansion a new site was identified at Westcliff-on-Sea: building work on the new hospital, which was designed by Henry Percy Adams, began in 1930 and the new building was officially opened by the

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in 1932. In 1948, when the hospital joined the

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, there were 24 consultants and 11 resident medical staff. The Tower Block was officially opened by

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in 1971. In December 2013, chief executive Jacqueline Totterdell announced that the Trust was considering merging some functions with other local hospitals. The trust was the only one in England not to follow the

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conditions of service for its staff, but in January 2019 it decided to revert to the national contract. In April 2021 the hospital's Cherry Tree Wing opened. The first and second floors of the wing were opened in June 2021.

Teaching

The hospital serves as a teaching hospital for medical students from

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Transport

Local bus routes 7 and 8 operated by

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and 20, 21 and 25 operated by

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, serve the hospital. The nearest railway stations are

Westcliff Westcliff-on-Sea (previously known as Milton, often abbreviated to Westcliff, and in the past spelt as Westcliffe-on-Sea) is a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea, located within the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is on the north sh ...

and Southend Central on the

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and

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and Southend Victoria on the Southend branch of the

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References

External links

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Inspection reports
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