Buckland Hospital
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Buckland Hospital
Shown in Kent
Geography
Location	Dover, Kent, England
Coordinates	51°07′56″N 1°17′32″E / 51.1321°N 1.2922°E / 51.1321; 1.2922
Organisation
Care system	National Health Service
Funding	Public hospital
Type	Community Hospital
Services
Emergency department	No
History
Opened	1836
Links
Website	www.ekhuft.nhs.uk
Lists	Hospitals in England

Buckland Hospital is a community hospital at Dover in Kent, England. It is managed by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The hospital has its origins in the Dover Union Workhouse Infirmary which was completed in 1836.^[1][2] This was replaced by a new infirmary in 1884 and a nurses' home was added in 1902.^[1] It became the county hospital in 1943 and it joined the National Health Service as Buckland Hospital in 1948.^[1] Funding for a purpose-built modern hospital on an adjacent site was approved in December 2012.^[3] The new hospital, which incorporates a minor injury unit, was completed in June 2015.^[4]

The site of the old hospital was bought by a developer for £1.5 million in December 2016.^[5]