[1] A maternity ward was added, as a lasting memorial to soldiers who died in the Second World War, in 1946.

[1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948[2] and the adjoining Hawthorn Cottage was acquired in 1956.

[1] After Hawthorn Cottage had been converted into a physiotherapy department, it was officially reopened by Jimmy Savile in 1990.

[5] The closure caused controversy [6] and a local protest was established called Save Rothbury Cottage Hospital.

[7][8] Rothbury's Member of Parliament, Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative) condemned the closure to inpatients in the House of Commons on 9 March 2017.