Headley Court
Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Headley Court | |
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Near Latin for 'By Mutual') | |
Coordinates | 51°17′13.3″N 000°17′06.3″W / 51.287028°N 0.285083°W |
Type | Military medical rehabilitation centre |
Area | 30 hectares |
Site information | |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Controlled by | Royal Air Force (1946–1985) Defence Medical Services (1985–2018) |
Condition | Closed |
Site history | |
Built | 1899 |
In use | 1946 – September 2018 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Headley Court and attached former stables |
Designated | 18 July 2001[1] |
Reference no. | 1389265 |
Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Headley Court (abbreviated to DMRC Headley Court, and more commonly known as Headley Court), formerly RAF Headley Court, was an 85-acre (34 ha) United Kingdom Ministry of Defence facility in Headley, near Epsom, Surrey, England. The site was sold by the MoD in 2018, upon purchase of Stanford Hall, and its conversion to the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre.
It was used as a rehabilitation centre for injured members of the British Armed Forces between 1985 and 2018.
History and overview
Headley Court was an
It was purchased after that war with money from the Royal Air Force Pilots and Crews Fund, a public collection as a tribute to the deeds, including the Battle of Britain efforts of the RAF. Since the war and until 2019, it was used as a Royal Air Force and Joint Services medical rehabilitation centre.[4] which aimed to return all those service personnel injured or seriously ill to full fitness.
In November 2005, the
In July 2014, the Minister of Defence,
In April 2020, during the
Facilities
Rehabilitation staff averaged around 200 per year from all three services' medical and nursing branches, the longest established here being
The rehabilitation areas of the unit consisted of
References
- ^ Historic England. "HEADLEY COURT AND ATTACHED FORMER STABLES, Headley (1389265)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ Headley Court - Grade II -Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1389265)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ^ "On Guard in Britain, 1940-1941". The Department of National Defense, Government of Canada. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ Walk in Tadworth
- ^ Prince of Wales news
- ^ "Handover of the gift of the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre by the Duke of Westminster". DNRC.
- ^ Browne, Kesewaa (12 May 2020). "Coronavirus: Seacole hospital 'a tribute' to BAME NHS staff". BBC News. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service - Headley Court". Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
- ^ Disabled veterans jeered at swimming pool - Telegraph
- ^ "Help for Heroes". Archived from the original on 17 February 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
External links
- Forces Reunited
- Help for Heroes - Headley Court Gallery
- Gentleman, Amelia (5 November 2010). "Headley Court: Inside Britain's military rehabilitation centre". The Guardian. London.
- Blesma