Cromer Hospital

Description

Cromer Hospital is located in Cromer on the North Norfolk coast and serves the North Norfolk population Proposals exist to replace the 1930sfounded Cromer Hospital with a new pound15 million hospital

The hospital provides a wide range of consultantled outpatient services day case operations and an Minor Injuries Unit MIU open seven days a week from 0800 to 2000

History

1920s
In December 1928 it was decided that Cromer needed a new hospital and a fundraising target of pound20000 was set Frank Barclay gave the Mill Road site for the hospital in 1929

1930s
Cromer Hospital was formally opened by Lady Suffield in July 20 1932 after a remarkable fundraising effort from the local community

1940s
In 1948 the hospital became part of the National Health Service

1990s
In 1994 the hospital became part of this trust which was then named the Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS Trust

2000s
In 2001 the Trust received a legacy from Cromer resident Mrs Sagle Bernstein who left pound114 million to Cromer Hospital

In December 2006 a plan went out to public consultation for the building of a new hospital on the MIll Road site using the Bernstein legacy

In October 2007 the contractor was announced Balfour Beatty subsidiary Mansells for the new pound12 million hospital on the current site

In July 2008 the Board of the Trust allocated an additional pound12 million of the Trusts funds to the project taking the budget to pound24 million

In June 2009 the Board of the Trust revised the budget down to pound15 million due to the state of the global economy and the effect on public finances