Darent Valley Hospital
| Darent Valley Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust | |
 Darent Valley Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Dartford, Kent, England |
| Coordinates | 51°26′06″N 0°15′30″E / 51.4350°N 0.2584°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | National Health Service |
| Funding | Public |
| Affiliated university | King's College London GKT School of Medical Education |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 478 |
| Helipad | Yes |
| History | |
| Opened | 14 December 2000 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Darent Valley Hospital is a 478-bed, acute district general hospital in Dartford, Kent, England. The hospital has an Emergency Department. The hospital is managed by the Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust.
History
[edit]The hospital, which was built to replace Joyce Green Hospital, stands on the site of the former Darenth Park Hospital, founded by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as "Darenth School" in 1878.[1] The Regional Health Board agreed to close Darenth in 1973, but the last patients did not leave until 1988.[1] The vast Victorian complex was then demolished.[1]
The new buildings were procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 1997, the first hospital project to use this form of procurement.[2] They were designed by Nightingale Paulley Associates and built by Carillion[3] at a cost of £94 million.[4] The new hospital, which replaced the services previously provided at West Hill Hospital, Dartford and Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, was officially opened by Alan Milburn, Secretary of State for Health, on 14 December 2000.[5]
It is located near the Bluewater Shopping Centre.[6]
A new on-site heart centre was opened on 2 January 2007.[7]
Public transport
[edit]The hospital is served by London Buses routes 96 and 428, Fastrack route B and other local buses. The nearest railway stations are Dartford, Stone Crossing and Greenhithe, served by Southeastern and Thameslink.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Darenth Park Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. June 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ The PFI contract for the new Dartford and Gravesham Hospital. National Audit Office. 1999. ISBN 978-0-10-266199-6. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Darent Valley Hospital: The PFI contract in action". National Audit Office. 10 February 2005. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "NHS capital expenditure and the private finance initiative—expansion or contraction?" (PDF). British Medical Journal. 3 July 1999. p. 49. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Darent Valley Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "Darent Valley Hospital Bus 428". Transport for London. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "NHS Finances". Hansard. 9 January 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Visiting Darent Valley Hospital". Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
External links
[edit]
- Official website
- Inspection reports from the Care Quality Commission
- Darent Valley Hospital on the NHS website