Former Dartmouth and Kingswear Community Hospital and Dartmouth Clinic update

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust has confirmed that, following the receipt of no bids at auction on 18 July, the site of the former Dartmouth and Kingswear Community Hospital will go forward for auction on 18 September 2024 with Charles Darrow auctioneer.

Jake O’Donovan, Director of Workplace, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, said: “The former hospital site will go back to auction on 18 September 2024, however, in the meantime we do have a number of interested parties who may make a bid on the site prior to auction.

“We have been advised by South Hams District Council that the application to have the former Dartmouth clinic registered as an asset of community value has been approved.

“In view of this, we will shortly be notifying South Hams District Council of our wish to dispose of the land under section 95 of the Localism Act 2011. Once South Hams District Council have received our notification, we understand that local community groups will have six weeks in which to express an interest to the Council in potentially bidding for the site.

“We will continue to ensure that any sale of either site is in line with the NHS estate code.”

A spokesperson for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust said: "The former healthcare sites, which are no longer needed for healthcare, need to be sold to help fund the recently opened £5.4million health and wellbeing centre at the top of the town.

"This provided a new home for the GP practice and community nurses, therapists, social care workers and a number of community clinics as well as Dartmouth Caring and a pharmacy.

"The new centre supports a much more joined-up approach to health and wellbeing services for local people in state-of-the-art, purpose-designed facilities."