Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital
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The Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital (colloquially called the Royal Bucks) is a private hospital in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. It is a Grade II listed building.<ref>Template:National Heritage List for England</ref>
History
The hospital was established, by adding new wings to an 18th-century country house, in 1832.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The facility was extensively remodeled to a design by David Brandon using a pavilion layout which was heavily influenced by Florence Nightingale through her brother-in-law, Sir Harry Verney of Claydon House.<ref name=sant>Template:Cite web</ref> She said that "it will be the most beautiful hospital in England."<ref name=sant/> The new hospital was opened as the Buckinghamshire General Infirmary in 1862.<ref name=sant/>
It is thought that the hospital became "Royal" after the Prince of Wales received treatment there in the late 19th century.<ref name=sant/> A new wing, the foundation stone for which was laid by Lord Rothschild, followed in 1905.<ref name=sant/>
Following the expansion of the Stoke Mandeville Hospital nearby, the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital joined the National Health Service as a maternity hospital in 1948.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It became a private hospital in 1994 and, after acquisition by Affinity Care Homes<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and an extensive subsequent refurbishment, it reopened as a facility for the treatment of patients with spinal cord, acquired brain injury and other neurological conditions in 2013.<ref name=sant/>
In January 2023, it was announced that the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital would undergo an extensive refurbishment<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and be acquired by the Akessa Healthcare Group along with The Foscote Hospital and 107 Harley Street in January 2023.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>