Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital
Shown in Kent
Geography
Location	Margate, Kent, England
Coordinates	51°22′30″N 1°23′15″E / 51.3751°N 1.3875°E / 51.3751; 1.3875
Organisation
Care system	National Health Service
Funding	Public hospital
Type	District General
Services
Emergency department	Yes Accident & Emergency
History
Opened	1930s
Links
Website	www.ekhuft.nhs.uk
Lists	Hospitals in England

The Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital is a health facility in Margate, Kent, England. It is managed by the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The hospital has its origins in the Margate Cottage Hospital which was established at Victoria Road in Margate in 1876.^[1] In the 1920s it was decided to relocate the hospital to its current site in St Peters Road.^[1] The new facility was opened by Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught as the Margate and District General Hospital in July 1930.^[2][3]

The hospital joined the National Health Service as the Margate General Hospital in 1948 and then became the Isle of Thanet District Hospital, Margate Wing in 1973 before becoming Thanet District General Hospital in 1986.^[1] A major new extension was opened by Prince of Wales on behalf of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 1996 at which time the hospital was renamed the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital.^[2][4]