It is managed by East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

The hospital has its origins in the Dover Union Workhouse Infirmary which was completed in 1836.

[1] Funding for a purpose-built modern hospital on an adjacent site was approved in December 2012.

[3] The new hospital, which incorporates a minor injury unit, was completed in June 2015.

[4] The site of the old hospital was bought by a developer for £1.5 million in December 2016.