New care home for Reading

A former hospital that was the scene of a fatal fire almost 70 years ago could become a care home under a new proposal. 

I’m Ernie Rowe with news that a former hospital that was the scene of a fatal fire almost 70 years ago could become a care home under a new proposal. Dellwood Community Hospital, in Reading, served as a hospital and maternity home from 1920 to 2005. On Easter Sunday in 1954, 13 babies died when a fire broke out. The hospital was closed in 2005 when it was ruled surplus to requirement by its governing NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Now developer Montpelier Estates Ltd has applied to convert the derelict site into a 52-bed care home. For more care related news, stay with us here at Care Radio 

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