run by the South East Coast Ambulance Service. Healthcare The first recorded medical healer in Haslemere was Robert Shotter (15531639), of whom the vicar at the time wrote: "An expert chirugeon [surgeon] and cured in his life multitudes of impotent poor people of foul and dangerous sorances [diseases], at his own charge…" In 2021, the GP surgery serving the town is at Haslemere Health Centre, in Church Lane. The first hospital to be built in Haslemere was a cottage hospital on Shepherd's Hill. It opened in 1898 with four beds and its construction was funded by a donation from the Penfold Family. By the early 1920s, it was clear that a new facility was required and a new hospital was opened in 1923 on Church Lane. In 2021, the hospital functions as a community hospital, with a minor injuries unit and two inpatient wards. It also offers a range of outpatient services. Holy Cross Hospital, to the north of Shottermill, was opened in 1917 as a tuberculosis sanatorium by the Congregation of the Daughters of the Cross of Liège. In the 1950s it became a small general hospital and later a specialist facility for oral and facial surgery. Since 1991 it has specialised in the treatment of patients with severe and complex neurological conditions. In 2021, it provides inpatient services for people with severe disabilities and long-term medical conditions. It also offers physiotherapy services to outpatients. There were two auxiliary hospitals in the Haslemere area during the First World War. Both were affiliates of the Frensham Hill Military Hospital and were named after the country houses in which they were established. High Rough Hospital had 40 beds and was opened on Farnham Lane in May 1915. Church Hill Hospital was opened in April 1917 with 38 beds. The first dedicated support centre for Haslemere residents with dementia was opened in 1994 at The Marjorie Gray Hall on Grayswood Road, to the north of the town centre. Initially run by the Alzheimer's Society, responsibility for the centre passed to a dedicated local charity in 2017. The centre provides respite day care four days a week for people with dementia. The nearest hospital with an accident and emergency department is the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford. Transport Roads Many of the roads in the area originated as medieval tracks and owing to the local topography, are narrow, twisting and steep. The