Medical Branch (Royal Navy)

The Naval Medical Service was the name given to the medical branch of the Royal Navy.

Healthcare Provision

As of 1894, with a strength of 60,000 men the Naval Medical Service had 13 hospitals, 230 sick-berth staff ashore and 3,617 beds.

Hospitals

• Royal Hospital, Haslar
• Royal Hospital, Plymouth
• Royal Hospital, Yarmouth
• Royal Hospital, Haulbowline
• Royal Hospital, Chatham
• Royal Marine Artillery Infirmary, Portsmouth
• Royal Marine Infirmary, Deal
• Royal Marine Infirmary, Walmer
• Royal Marine Barrack Dispensary, Plymouth

• Naval Medical School, Greenwich

Reference List

• Billings, M.D., John S.; Hurd, M.D., Henry M. (1894). Hospitals Dispensaries and Nursing. Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press.