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Peterborough Development Corporation

1968

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Peterborough was designated as a third-wave New Town in July 1967. In February 1968 the Peterborough Development Corporation was set up. The corporation's task was to provide homes, work and the full range of facilities and services for an additional 70,000 people, drawn mainly from the Greater London area.

Many new housing areas were developed, including Bretton and Ravensthorpe. Based in Peterscourt in the city, it worked in close collaboration with Peterborough City Council, the Huntingdon and Peterborough County Council and, from 1974, Cambridgeshire County Council.

The Development Corporation was officially wound-up in September 1988.

Opening of Peterborough District Hospital.

1968

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After the Second World war the Memorial Hospital was no longer big enough to deal with Peterborough's health needs and in 1968 it closed and Peterborough District Hospital opened, incorporating the Memorial Hospital as the Memorial Wing.

Peterborough District Hospital had 357 beds, five operating theatres, an accident and emergency department, outpatients clinics, as well as radiology and pathology services, an intensive care unit and surgical and medical specialist units.

In 1988 Edith Cavell Hospital in Bretton was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, it was built to complement the services provided by Peterborough District Hospital.

Peterborough District Hospital closed in 2010.

Thorpe Road , Bretton , Memorial Hospital , Edith Cavell Hospital

Opening of Peterborough City Hospital

2010

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Peterborough City Hospital was opened to patients in November 2010. It replaced the Peterborough District Hospital and the Edith Cavell Hospital, being built on the Edith Cavell site in Bretton. The hospital was built under the Private Finance Initiative.

The Hospital has 612 beds and, as well as the usual facilities, it also houses a Cancer Centre, a Cardiology Centre, a Women’s and Children’s Unit and Adult and Paediatric Emergency Centres.

The official opening was carried out by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in November 2012.

Bretton , Edith Cavell Hospital , Peterborough District Hospital , Private Finance Intiative , Duke and Duchess of Cambridge , Peterborough City Hospital

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Peterborough Development Corporation

1968

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Opening of Peterborough District Hospital.

1968

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Opening of Peterborough City Hospital

2010

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