1844-1899 Archives - Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

1899 (12 November 2022)
Ashburton and Buckfastleigh Community Hospital opened. Like Paignton, it became a health and wellbeing centre in 2015.

1894 (12 November 2022)
Dartmouth and Kingswear Community Hospital was built.

1891 (12 November 2022)
Paignton Community Hospital was built thanks to donations from the Singer family. In 2015, following a public consultation, the hospital became a health and wellbeing centre.The first hospital in Brixham also opened.

1873 (12 November 2022)
The first hospital in Newton Abbot opened.

1871 (12 November 2022)
The first hospital in Dawlish opened.

1850 (12 November 2022)
Sir Lawrence Palk and his brother, Lord Haldon, donated a site on Higher Union Street to become the first Torbay Hospital. The foundation stone for the new hospital was laid in 1850 and the building finished in 1853.The hospital was established a

1844 (12 November 2022)
Torbay Hospital Provident Dispensary and Eye Infirmary was founded in three rooms in Union Street, Torquay. Prior to this the only free medical care available locally was at Newton Abbot workhouse.