Lymington New Forest Hospital is a community hospital

Community hospital

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 in Lymington

Lymington

Lymington is a port on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. It is to the east of the South East Dorset conurbation, and faces Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight which is connected to it by a car ferry, operated by Wightlink. The town...

, Hampshire

Hampshire

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

, designed by Murphy Philipps Architects. Constructed at a cost of £36 million by Ryhurst Ltd through a private finance initiative

Private Finance Initiative

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, the hospital was opened on 6th February 2007 by Princess Anne

Anne, Princess Royal

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The hospital houses a diagnostic treatment centre

Treatment centre

Treatment centres are medical institutions in the United Kingdom which provide routine diagnostic and surgery procedures to day-case and short-stay patients. By diverting these patients away from hospitals, they aim to reduce waiting lists by allowing hospitals to concentrate on emergency and more...

, several specialist outpatient clinics, two operating theatre

Operating theatre

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s, two endoscopy

Endoscopy

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 suites, a radiology

Radiology

Radiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies to diagnose or treat diseases...

 department comprising three radiology rooms and two ultra sound suites, medical and surgical day units, a medical unit including stroke

Stroke

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 rehabilitation and a surgical ward. A CT scanner

Computed tomography

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 is to be added to the hospital at a later date.

There is also an urgent care centre which combines a minor injuries unit

Minor Injuries Unit

A minor injuries unit is a hospital department in the United Kingdom largely staffed by emergency nurse practitioners working autonomously who look after minor injuries such as lacerations and fractures, and have access to X-ray facilities. There is some consultant input in training and supervision...

, a medical assessment unit and the out of hours service. Additional facilities include a pharmacy

Pharmacy

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, education and training centre, clinical library, restaurant

Restaurant

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, League of Friends shop and tea bar, multi faith room, hospital radio and extended staff facilities.

The hospital is owned and administered by the Hampshire Primary Care Trust and replaced the older Lymington Hospital

Lymington Hospital

Lymington Hospital was a consultant-led community hospital in Lymington, Hampshire. The hospital was closed and knocked down, with the site being turned into houses. It was replaced by Lymington New Forest Hospital which opened in 2007 on a nearby site. The old hospital was administered by New...

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