North Devon District Hospital

North Devon District Hospital is an National [Health Service (England)|NHS] district general hospital in the town of Barnstaple, North Devon, England run by NHS Foundation Trust">National Health Service (England)">NHS Foundation Trust.

History

The hospital has its origins in the North Devon Infirmary established in Litchdon Street in 1824. Services were transferred to the present facility which occupies the site of the historic manor house of Raleigh, Pilton|Raleigh], in the former parish of Pilton, seat of the locally influential Chichester family. The building of the hospital was promoted by Jeremy Thorpe when he was MP for Devon North and it opened at its present location in 1979.

Services

It has an accident & emergency department and offers services such as orthopaedics, key hole surgery, stroke care and cancer services.