Care system Public NHS Founded 1945 Number of beds 400 | Hospital type District General Phone +44 1932 872000 Established 1945 | |
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Location Chertsey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Affiliated university Imperial College London
St George's, University of London Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency Address Guildford Rd, Lyne, Chertsey KT16 0PZ, UK Hours Open today · 7:30AM–7:30PMFriday7:30AM–7:30PMSaturday10AM–4PMSundayClosedMonday7:30AM–7:30PMTuesday7:30AM–7:30PMWednesday7:30AM–7:30PMThursday7:30AM–7:30PMSuggest an edit Affiliated universities Imperial College London, St George's, University of London | ||
St. Peter’s Hospital is an NHS district general hospital in Chertsey, Surrey, England. It has 400 beds and a wide range of acute care services, including an Accident & Emergency department. It is operated by Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospital NHS Trust.
St. Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, is situated in 52 acres (21 ha) of Metropolitan Green Belt parkland between Woking and Chertsey near junction 11 of the M25 motorway. It is 30 miles (48 km) south west of central London and 10 miles (16 km) from Heathrow Airport. The hospital is the main acute services hospital for the boroughs of Woking, Runnymede, Spelthorne and the western part of Elmbridge. Largest towns in these boroughs are Woking, Staines, Chertsey and Walton on Thames.
Originally St. Peter’s Hospital was built to serve casualties of the Second World War. Over the years, the hospital has been rebuilt, developed and extended to include maternity services, a departmental and clinic area, and a new theatre complex. In the early 1990s, the Duchess of Kent Wing, which includes a Postgraduate Education Centre and modern well-equipped wards, was opened. A new building for the Accident & Emergency, ITU and Orthopaedic Unit opened in the summer of 1998. In 2006 two new wards were built onto the Duchess of Kent Wing.
The hospital radio station, Radio Wey started broadcasting to patients and staff from St. Peters in 1965 and continues to the present day.
Transport
St Peter's Hospital is 0.8 miles (1.3 km) SSW of Chertsey railway station and has regular bus services to a wide range of towns. A free shuttle service is also available for patients, staff and visitors between Ashford Hospital and St Peter's Hospital.