| University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
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| New hospital building, 2005 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University College London |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 595 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1834 |
| Links | |
| Website | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust home page |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
University College Hospital (UCH) is a teaching hospital in London, England, part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and associated with University College London. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the UCL Partners academic health science centre.
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History
It was founded in 1834, eight years after UCL (then known as the London University), as the 'North London Hospital', in order to provide clinical training for the "medical classes" of the University, after a refusal by the governors of the Middlesex Hospital to allow UCL students access to that hospital's wards.
In 1835, Robert Liston became the first professor of clinical surgery at University College Hospital,[1][2][3] The first major operation under ether in Europe was conducted at University College Hospital by Liston on 21 December 1846.[1] [4] [5] UCH was split from UCL in 1905, and a new building (designed by Alfred Waterhouse), known as the Cruciform building, was opened in 1906, which survives to the present day. It is unrelated to University Hospital, Lewisham.
Mergers
It took over the National Dental Hospital in 1914, and the Royal Ear Hospital in 1920. In 1994 it became part of the University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Trust, together with the Middlesex Hospital, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases and the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital for Women. The Eastman Dental Hospital and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery became part of the UCLH NHS Trust in 1998 as became Royal London Homeopathic Hospital in 2002.
New facilities
A major new hospital building, constructed by an Amec/Balfour Beatty joint venture under a Private Finance Initiative contract and pictured to the right, opened in 2005[6].
References
- ^ a b "Robert Liston The Gazetteer for Scotland". Date unknown. http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst1230.html Robert Liston. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ Gordon, Richard (1983). "Triple Knock-Out: Disastrous surgical enthusiasm". in …. Great Medical Disasters. London: Hutchinson & Co.. pp. 13-15, 146. ISBN 0-09-152230-7. Also published 2001 by House of Stratus, London ISBN 1-842-32519-1
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gordon, Richard (1983), p.14
- ^ Cock, W.F. (1911). "The first operation under ether in Europe". University College Hospital Magazine. 1: 127–44. in Gordon, R. (1983), p.146.
- ^ University College London Hospital wins award
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Coordinates: 51°31′30.87″N 00°08′03.83″W / 51.5252417°N 0.1343972°W
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