Cavendish Hospital
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
Cavendish Hospital
Location in the Borough of High Peak
Geography
Location	Manchester Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, England
Coordinates	53°15′45″N 1°55′16″W / 53.2624°N 1.9211°W / 53.2624; -1.9211
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Type	Geriatric
History
Opened	1966
Links
Website	www.dchs.nhs.uk

Cavendish Hospital is a geriatric healthcare facility in Manchester Road, Buxton, Derbyshire. It is managed by Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The hospital has its origins in the Buxton Clinic, a geriatric facility established in Buxton Crescent in 1935.^[1] The clinic became the geriatric wing of the Devonshire Royal Hospital in 1948^[2] and then moved to a completely new facility at Manchester Road in 1966.^[3][4] In July 2017, the North Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group announced the closure of 18 beds at the hospital.^[5] Local member of parliament Ruth George raised concerns about the matter with Philip Dunne, health minister, during a debate on health in the House of Commons in October 2017.^[5]