King Edward VII's Hospital

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King Edward VII's Hospital
Hospital buildings in Beaumont Street (top) and Devonshire Street (below)
King Edward VII's Hospital is located in City of Westminster
King Edward VII's Hospital
Location in Westminster
Geography
LocationWestminster, Greater London W1
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°31′15.3″N 0°9′1.5″W / 51.520917°N 0.150417°W / 51.520917; -0.150417
Organisation
Care systemPrivate
FundingNon-profit hospital
Type
  • General
  • Registered charity (208944)[1]
PatronCharles III
Services
Emergency departmentNo
Beds56[2]
History
Opened1899[3]
Links
WebsiteOfficial website

King Edward VII's Hospital (formal name: King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes) is a private hospital located on Beaumont Street in the Marylebone district of central London.

Agnes Keyser, later known as Sister Agnes, established the hospital in her home at 17 Grosvenor Crescent in 1899 in the wake of the Second Boer War and at the suggestion of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) who went on to become the hospital's patron. Its first intake of sick and mostly gunshot-wounded British Army officers arrived in February 1900.

The hospital continued to operate during peacetime. During the

Second World War, the hospital moved to Beaumont Street where the current premises were opened by Queen Mary. It has also treated members of the British royal family
.

In December 2012, the hospital received international media attention when, while

Jacintha Saldanha
, who had passed on the hoax call to the other nurse in the Duchess's private ward, was found dead.

Foundation

The hospital was established in 1899, in the wake of the

Sister" and became known as "Sister Agnes".[6]

The hospital, known simply as Sister Agnes's hospital, initially housed only 12 beds, a basic operating theatre and a staff of six carefully selected nurses, and admitted its first mostly gunshot wounded British Army officers in February 1900, a week after receiving a letter of gratitude from British Army officer General Evelyn Wood VC.[4]

  • Agnes Keyser as "Sister Agnes"
    Agnes Keyser as "Sister Agnes"
  • No.17 Grosvenor Crescent, the Keyser home and first King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers[7]
    No.17 Grosvenor Crescent, the Keyser home and first King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers[7]
  • Original site of the hospital at 17 Grosvenor Crescent, now the Belgian Embassy
    Original site of the hospital at 17 Grosvenor Crescent, now the Belgian Embassy

20th century

On the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, the Prince became King Edward VII and he subsequently became the hospital's first patron.[2][5] On 9 August 1901, in recognition of their services to the wounded from South Africa, the king conferred the Royal Red Cross to both sisters.[8] In 1904 the hospital was officially named King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers and continued to care for military officers during peacetime.[5] The King became the hospital council's president and remained so until his death in 1910.[9] That year, the hospital moved to 9 Grosvenor Gardens.[10][11] In the same year, eight years after retiring from the Indian Medical Service with the rank of honorary Colonel, Peter Freyer became a member of the honorary medical staff of the hospital, and remained there until 1909,[12][13] the same year in which the constitution of the hospital was modified.[14]

First World War

The hospital had 16 beds in 1914,

operations on the bones Sister Agnes would call upon Sir William Arbuthnot Lane.[16]

During the

First World War the young novelist Stuart Cloete was nursed at the hospital after being wounded at the Battle of the Somme.[17][18] The future British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, was also wounded in the same battle and was treated at the hospital, where he underwent a series of long operations followed by recuperation there from 1916 to 1918.[19] General Sir Joseph Howard Nigel Poett later recounted in his autobiography (1991) that Sister Agnes had arranged for his treatment to be transferred from Cambridge Hospital to King Edward VII's and that she "was a pretty powerful lady".[20] Other officers treated at the hospital during the war have also recounted events of their stay.[21] During the war, Margaret Greville opened up Polesden Lacey for the purpose of being a convalescent home linked to King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers.[22]

Interwar

In 1930, the hospital was awarded a

Sir Harold Augustus Wernher until 1969.[9] In the interim the Duke of Gloucester became council president in 1936.[9]

Second World War

Prior to 1940, Sister Agnes had been matron.[9] In 1941 the interior of the building was badly damaged by bombing, and Sister Agnes died shortly afterwards.[6][25] Between September 1940 and October 1948, the hospital had been closed.[9]

Post-war

In 1948,

Brian Warren.[28]

In 1962, the hospital became a

Queen Elizabeth II, the second time a sovereign had visited a prime-minister on their sick bed.[31] Princess Anne and the Queen Mother were both treated at the hospital the following year in 1964.[32][33] In December 1966, the Queen Mother underwent an operation at the hospital, to remove a bowel tumour.[34] In 1967, Princess Margaret appeared in headline news when she was admitted with acute tonsillitis.[35]

Margaret Dalglish became matron in 1969,

Air Chief Marshal Sir Edmund Hudleston.[9] The Queen Mother made headlines again in 1984 when she was admitted for removal of a fishbone.[38]

  • John Percy Lockhart-Mummery, who operated during the First World War.[7]
    John Percy Lockhart-Mummery, who operated during the First World War.[7]
  • Sister Agnes in later life[7]
    Sister Agnes in later life[7]
  • The patient's sitting room at 9 Grosvenor Gardens[7]
    The patient's sitting room at 9 Grosvenor Gardens[7]
  • Queen Mary with Matron Saxby, Sir Harold Wernher and Sir George Ogilvie. 1948[7]
    Queen Mary with Matron Saxby, Sir Harold Wernher and Sir George Ogilvie. 1948[7]
  • Queen Mary and Matron Saxby with the nursing staff (1948).[7]
    Queen Mary and Matron Saxby with the nursing staff (1948).[7]

21st century

The hospital works with the

War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War.[5] It has continued to support the treatment of all ranks of former servicemen, as well as the general public.[2] Through the hospital's Sister Agnes Benevolent Fund, active or retired personnel in the British armed services, as well as their spouses, can receive a means tested grant that can cover up to 100% of their hospital fees.[39] It has a pain management programme for veterans.[40]

In 2009, the year of the 40th anniversary of Prince Edward being president, the Michael Uren Foundation provided funds for a

haemofiltration and renal replacement therapy.[5]

hydrotherapy pool, treatment of fractures, management of pain, and rehabilitation are available to injured soldiers.[5]

The hospital has often been confused with the King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst and the King's Fund.[42]

In December 2012, the hospital received international media attention when

Jacintha Saldanha, who had worked just over four years at the hospital and had passed on the hoax call to the other nurse in the Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's private ward, was found dead.[43] The incident has highlighted the sensitivity of reporting news of suicide and the vulnerability of healthcare workers while investigations are carried out following serious events.[44][45]

Death of Sir Michael Harris Caine

On 7 February 1999 the businessman and Booker Prize founder Sir Michael Caine fell into a coma after staff were unable to clear a blocked breathing tube. He died five weeks later. A leading intensive care specialist concluded that the possibility of death would have been "minimal" had staff at the hospital received proper training.[46]

Sir Michael's widow, Baroness Emma Nicholson, claims that nurses refused to call consultants and doctors despite her husband's distress.[47] The Baroness also claimed that a subsequent operation on her husband took place at an NHS hospital because the King Edward VII "could not cope."[48] In September 1999 the Guardian reported that Baroness Nicholson was due to pursue legal action against the hospital alleging negligence.[49] In light of her husband's death, Baroness Nicholson said:

I find it repugnant that NHS beds should be used as a final resource by the private hospitals who set themselves up as being able to cope and yet demonstrably cannot. I don't see why the NHS resource should be leached away in this way.[49]

Notable patients

The hospital has been used by various members of the

King Charles III, Queen Camilla and Sarah, Duchess of York.[38][50][51][52] In February 2002, Princess Margaret died at the age of 71 at the hospital, after suffering a stroke.[38]

stained glass windows, who was commissioned to design the Rolls-Royce Battle of Britain Memorial Window, died at the hospital in 1965.[53] Neville Gass died in the hospital in the same year.[54] Kenneth Diplock, Baron Diplock died there in 1985,[55] and Enoch Powell in 1998.[56]

In December 2013 it was announced that the hospital had received a donation of £30 million from the businessman, Michael Uren.[57] In October 2014 Zambian president Michael Sata died at the age of 77 at the hospital, after receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness.[58]

Office holders

Chief executives

Formerly known as the house governor.[9]

Others

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c "About Us". King Edward VII’s Hospital. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Celebrating 120 Years". King Edward VII’s Hospital. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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  16. ^ a b c Hough, 1998, p.48
  17. ^ Cloete, Stuart (1972) A Victorian Son, an autobiography, 1897-1922.
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  23. ^ "King Edward VII'S hospital Sister Agnes- Charity 208944". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  24. ^ Hough, 1998, p.86
  25. ^ a b "Hospital For Service Officers - New Premises Opened by Queen Mary". Reviews. The Times. No. 51204. London. 16 October 1948. pp. 6.
  26. PMC 2091836
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  27. ISBN 9780300221978
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  29. ^ The Charity Commission: King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes - Registration history Linked 2016-01-29
  30. ^ Thorpe, 2020, pp.560-565
  31. ^ Thorpe, 2010, p.35
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  40. ^ a b "The Soldiers' Charity awards £22,380 to King Edward VII's Hospital's Pain Management Programme". The Soldiers' Charity. 9 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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  58. ^ "Zambian President Sata death: White interim leader appointed". BBC. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  59. ^ Hough, 1998, p.121

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