[2] It became the Kingston and District Hospital in 1920 and a larger nurses' home was opened by the Duchess of York in 1928.

[2] The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 and began to redevelop the site the following year.

[2][3] A new surgical centre was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in May 2004.

[4] The surgical centre, which was built by Costain at a cost of £33 million, opened in June 2007.

The unit is run in partnership between, Kingston Hospital, the Royal Marsden Hospital and Macmillan Cancer Support so as to provide care for patients with cancer.