Coordinates: 51°09′26.21″N 6°18′19.81″E / 51.1572806°N 6.3055028°E / 51.1572806; 6.3055028
The former Royal Air Force Hospital Wegberg, commonly abbreviated to RAF(H) Wegberg, was a Royal Air Force military hospital located in Wegberg, near the city of Mönchengladbach, in Germany.
It was opened in 1953 after being built in just 111 days. It functioned as a fully operating hospital for the RAF forces based in West Germany for 43 years. In 1996 a wing of the hospital burned down and on 1 April 1996 it was formally handed over to [United Kingdom Support Command] UKSC. A small in-patient psychiatric unit and some community services remained at the hospital while all other secondary care was transferred to local German hospitals.
It has been the home of Headquarters of the British Forces Germany Health Services HQ BFG HS from 1999 to September 2010, when it was formally handed back to the German authorities.
The BFGHS is a partnership arrangement between the Ministry of Defence (MoD); the Soldiers, Sailors, Airman and Families Association (SSAFA); and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, to provide primary care services, community and outpatient services to the British Forces community throughout Germany.
The hospital's motto is Inter Fera Salus, and its crest is a wild boar passant overlaid with a Staff of Asclepius.
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