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| Org/Group = [[University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust]]

| Image = South Bristol Community Hospital.jpg

| Caption = The Hospital in 2018.

| Location = [[Hengrove|Hengrove Park]]

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| Region = [[Bristol]]

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| Country = [[England]]

| HealthCare = [[National Health Service (England)|NHS England]]

| Founded = March 2012

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'''South Bristol Community Hospital''' is a community hospital in the [[Hengrove]] area of [[Bristol]], England, on the site of the former [[Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport|Whitchurch Airport]]. It opened in March 2012. It is managed by the [[University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust]].

[[File:Hengrove Park.jpg|thumb|left|Hengrove Park, site of the hospital. The former runway can be seen left-centre]]

The hospital is a key part of the Hengrove Park Regeneration Project that will include a new Skills Academy, a sports and leisure centre, corporate headquarters and transport infrastructure improvements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brislift.org/News%20item%209.htm|title=Bristol Infracare LIFT Ltd - News|publisher=brislift.org

| accessdate=18 January 2009}}</ref> There had been debate about a new hospital for South Bristol for a considerable time. The last plans by Bristol and Weston Health Authority were shelved in the late 1980s. The current development comes from plans instituted by ''Bristol Health Services Plan'' in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bristolswpct.nhs.uk/publications/meetings/pct_board_meeting/2003/May03/6.3%20-%20community%20hosipital%20&%20dtc.doc|title=South Bristol Community Hospital and Diagnostic & Treatment Centre|publisher=Bristol South and West Primary Care Trust|date=22 May 2003| accessdate=18 January 2009|format=MS Word}}</ref>

[[Planning permission]] for the hospital was granted in March 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://e2eweb.bristol.gov.uk/PublicAccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?caseno=JS5SZ8DN08900 | publisher= Bristol City Council | title= Planning Application Search - Application Details (07/05332/F) | accessdate= 23 December 2008}}</ref>

The NHS South West board approved the £54&nbsp;million facility in January 2009.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7832569.stm | publisher= [[BBC News]] | date= 16 January 2009 | title= New hospitals for city approved | accessdate= 16 January 2009}}</ref> The hospital was developed by NHS Bristol in conjunction with Bristol Infracare LIFT Ltd, a [[public-private partnership]] setup to provide new healthcare facilities in Bristol.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aww-uk.com/project/healthcare-fishponds-health-centre/|title=Fishponds Health Centre|publisher=AWW|accessdate=17 September 2018}}</ref> Final go ahead was given in early 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-community-hospital-wait-60-years-campaigning/article-1833706-detail/article.html|title=Bristol community hospital wait is over . . . after 60 years of campaigning | work=Bristol Evening Post|publisher=Bristol News and Media|last=Staff writer|date=15 February 2010 |accessdate=24 February 2010}}</ref> The [[Groundbreaking|ground-cutting ceremony]] was held on 5 March 2010.<ref name=cutting>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8552123.stm | title= Work starts on £54m South Bristol community hospital | date= 5 March 2010 | publisher= [[BBC News]] | accessdate= 5 March 2010}}</ref> Construction, which cost £45&nbsp;million, was completed in the spring of 2012, although not all services were operating in March 2012.<ref name=cutting/><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/South-Bristol-Community-Hospital-formally-opened/story-15677199-detail/story.html |title=South Bristol Community Hospital is formally opened - after 60 years of waiting |last=Staff |publisher=thisisbristol.co.uk |date=31 March 2012 |accessdate=22 April 2012}}</ref><ref name=bep-20120331>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/South-Bristol-Community-Hospital-formally-opened/story-15677199-detail/story.html |title=South Bristol Community Hospital is formally opened - after 60 years of waiting |newspaper=Bristol Evening Post |date=31 March 2012 |accessdate=25 January 2013}}</ref>

The hospital provides a [[minor injuries unit]], an [[out-of-hours service|out-of-hours]] [[General practitioner|GP]] service, day surgery facilities, [[Stroke recovery|stroke rehabilitation]], medical imaging and [[dentistry|dental]] facilities.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.bristol.nhs.uk/patients/bhsp/sbch/default.asp | title= South Bristol Community Hospital | publisher= NHS Bristol | accessdate= 23 December 2008}}</ref>

It replaces outdated facilities at [[Bristol General Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.bristol.nhs.uk/theTrust/board/2008/Nov/8.1a%20-%20Executive%20Summary.doc | format= MS Word | title= South Bristol Community Hospital – Stage 2 Business Case EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | publisher= Bristol NHS Primary Care Trust | accessdate= 18 January 2009}}</ref>

On 7 January 2013, the [[Bristol Homeopathic Hospital]] moved its operations from Cotham House to the hospital,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/your-hospitals/bristol-homeopathic-hospital/ |title=Bristol Homeopathic Hospital |publisher=University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust |year=2013 |accessdate=25 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126220459/http://www.uhbristol.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/your-hospitals/bristol-homeopathic-hospital/ |archivedate=26 January 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> but homeopathy services ceased in October 2015, when the Portland Centre took over the service. In September 2018 [[Clinical commissioning group|CCGs]] in the area decided to cease funding homeopathy.<ref name=ncim-history>{{cite web |url=https://ncim.org.uk/treatments/homeopathy/our-history |title=The History of Medical Homeopathy in Bristol |publisher=National Centre for Integrative Medicine |accessdate=29 June 2019}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[List of hospitals in England]]

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