By 1914 the Sisters had replaced the original house, with an imposing building of three storeys and 163 foot frontage of polished brick.

With the founding of the National Health Service in 1948, patients paying according to their means gave way to mainly NHS-financed patients at St. Anthonys. The unexpected ending of St. Anthonys NHS contract in the early 1970s coincided with the need to rebuild yet again. This resulted in a highly innovative hospital, designed to further the principles of patient centred care which the Sisters had always advocated. With a speciality in cardiac surgery, the third St Anthonys set ever new standards in patient care, that spread its reputation far beyond the local area.

The Sisters primary objective has always been to provide care to the local community and 1987 saw the establishment of St Raphaels Hospice. A beautiful building standing in the grounds of St Anthonys, its special care and services were to be provided totally free of charge to all those in need. Extended by the Sisters in 1997, St. Raphaels plays a vital part in the provision of palliative care to local patients and their families and also in the specialist training of nurses and doctors.

Other healthcare and educational facilities owned by the Daughters of the Cross.

Holy Cross Hospital, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 1NQ Tel. 01428 643311 Fax. 01428 644007
The hospital works with people and the families of people who are severely physically disabled and neurologically impaired. The emphasis is on working with people to fulfil their goals no matter how severe the damage of physical disability or chemical dependency.

St. Elizabeths School & Home, South End, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire SG10 6EW Tel. 01279 843451 Fax. 01279 842918
St. Elizabeth cares for people with epilepsy providing modern treatment and loving care in comfortable surroundings. In the residential school the children and young people receive the care, eduational and medical support they require in order to prevent epilepsy placing unacceptable risks and unnecessary frustrations in their lives. St. Elizabeths provides bungalows for the adults where they can live in small communities. There is also an active day centre where residents are taught various creative skills and are helped to live a full and happy life.

St. Wilfrids, 29 Tite Street, London SW3 4JX Tel. 020 7351 5339 Fax. 020 7376 5339
St. Wilfrids is the Provincial House and also a residential home for forty four men and women. The aim is to help them retain as much of their independence as possible and to offer them love, care, spiritual support and dignity in their later years.