University College Hospital
University College Hospital | |
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University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
Geography | |
Location | Fitzrovia, London, England |
Coordinates | 51°31′30.87″N 00°08′03.83″W / 51.5252417°N 0.1343972°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | National Health Service |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | University College London |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 665[1] |
History | |
Opened | 1834 |
Links | |
Website | uclh |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
University College Hospital (UCH) is a teaching hospital in the Fitzrovia area of the London Borough of Camden, England. The hospital, which was founded as the North London Hospital in 1834, is closely associated with University College London (UCL), whose main campus is situated next door. The hospital is part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The hospital is on the south side of
History
In 1826, the London University began emphasising the importance of having medical schools attached to hospitals. Before the hospital opened, only
In 1835, Robert Liston became the first professor of clinical surgery at UCH,[4][5] and the first major operation under ether in Europe was conducted at the hospital by Liston on 21 December 1846.[3] UCH was split from UCL in 1905, and a new hospital building designed by Alfred Waterhouse, known as the Cruciform Building, was opened in 1906 on Gower Street. UCH merged with the National Dental Hospital in 1914, and the Royal Ear Hospital in 1920.[3]
A new 75,822 m2 hospital, procured under the
In October 2006, the hospital was nominated and made the Building Design shortlist for the inaugural Carbuncle Cup, awarded to "the ugliest building in the United Kingdom completed in the last 12 months",[14] which was ultimately awarded to Drake Circus Shopping Centre in Plymouth.[15] Facilities management services are provided by Interserve.[1]
In November 2008, the £70 million Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing was opened, allowing the hospital to offer all women's health services in one place (except some breast and gynaecology services).[16]
Services
As of 2015[update] the following services were provided at the hospital:[17]
- Accident and emergency
- Cancer care (see UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre)
- Clinical haematology including stem cell transplantation
- Critical care
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- General medicine
- General neurology
- General surgery
- Gynaecology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedics
- adolescents
- Rheumatology
The hospital has 665 in-patient beds, 12 operating theatres and houses the largest single
The urology department moved to University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street, formerly the Heart Hospital, in 2015.[22][23]
Notable staff
- Marcus Beck, surgeon (appointed 1863) and Professor of Surgery (1883-1893)
- Ernst Chain, Nobel Prize winner
- Agatha Christie, worked in the pharmacy during World War II
- Dora Finch, RRC, matron (1901–1922) founder of the UCH League of Nurses
- cochlear implants in the United Kingdom[24]
- infectious diseasesand antibiotic therapy
- Sir Thomas Lewis, cardiologist at the hospital
- Jean Smellie, consultant paediatrician (1970-1993)
- Elizabeth Joan Stokes, medical registrar (1937–40), clinical bacteriologist (1944–77)
See also
- Francis Crick Institute
- UCL Medical School
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Healthcare in London
- List of hospitals in England
- Murder of Alexander Litvinenko(having been transferred here, he died here in November 2006, as a result of polonium-210 poisoning)
References
- ^ a b c "UCLH". Interserve Plc. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ The London Encyclopaedia, Weinreb and Hibbert, 1983
- ^ a b c d e "UCLH trust chronology". University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Overview of Robert Liston".
- ^ Flemming, P. (1926). "Robert Liston, the first professor of clinical surgery at UCH". University College Hospital Magazine. 1: 176–85. in Gordon, R. (1983), p. 146.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "The National Health Service (Constitution of Area Health Authorities) Order 1973" (PDF). Legislation.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "The South London Women's Hospital Occupation 1984–85". Past tense. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ University College London (21 May 2018). "Cruciform Building". Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "University College Hospital". E-Architect. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "University College London Hospitals wins award for Best Health Project (over £20 million)". University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Archived from the original on 24 January 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "University College London Hospital". ASM. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "Rare stone to boost hospital aura". BBC News. 24 August 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Watson, Anna (22 July 2010). "Six in race for Carbuncle Cup". bdonline.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ bdonline.co.uk. "Bottom of the barrel - Carbuncles 2006". Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ "New EGA Wing opens to mothers and babies". University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ a b "University College Hospital". University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "University College London Hospitals: Emergency Services". University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Bloomsbury Campus". UCL Medical School. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Home". UCLH/UCL Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "About us". UCL Partners. Archived from the original on 10 September 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street (formerly the Heart Hospital)
- ^ UCLH Web site: Refurbishment of the Heart Hospital, 18 May 2015, retrieved 15 September 2015 "The Heart Hospital is being refurbished and will reopen at the beginning of the summer to provide thoracic surgery and urology services ... it will be called University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street."
- ^ Hazell, Jonathan (23 February 1994). "Obituary: Graham Fraser". The Independent. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
Sources
- Merrington, William, (1976) University College Hospital and its Medical School: a history, Heinemann ISBN 9780434465002