Finchley Memorial Hospital
History
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The hospital was originally established as the Finchley Cottage Hospital and opened with 20 beds on 28 May 1908. An extension financed by public subscription which would form a lasting memorial for the Finchley dead of the First World War was opened by General Sir Ian Hamilton in 1922. The facility was renamed the Finchley Memorial Hospital that year.
A casualty department opened in 1926 and a two-storey accommodation block for nurses opened in 1933. A geriatric day facility was opened by Margaret Thatcher, the local MP, in January 1987.
A new three-storey hospital building replacing the original was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2010. It was built by Galliford Try at a cost of £28 million and was opened by the Duke of Gloucester in September 2013.
Facilities
The hospital does not include an accident and emergency department, but it does offer a walk-in centre for minor injuries that do not present an immediate threat to life.