Royal Berkshire Hospital (Reading)

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The Royal Berkshire Hospital is a hospital in Reading, Berkshire in England.

It was opened in 1839 on the London Road on land donated by Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth. Queen Victoria was the first patron.

The Royal Berkshire Hospital provides acute hospital services to the residents of West Berkshire, and has been awarded a 3 star rating.

On 11 February 2005, the Department of Health published its national figures for the 3rd quarter of 2005's emergency access performance. The Emergency Access target is that 98% of patients be seen and treated, admitted or discharged within four hours. The Royal Berkshire Hospital was rated top ten in the country for its acute care.

On 24 February 2006, The Queen accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh opened the new buildings of the Royal Berkshire Hospital. This was to celebrate the completion of an eight year project to move the Battle Hospital services onto the Royal Berkshire Hospital site.

In August 2006, the hospital became an NHS Foundation Trust.

The hospital features in the film Reach for the Sky, where Douglas Bader recovered from an aircrash at Woodley Aerodrome.