St Mary's Hospital, London Explained

St Mary's Hospital
Org/Group:Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Location:Paddington
Region:London
State:England
Country:United Kingdom
Coordinates:51.5172°N -0.1731°W
Healthcare:National Health Service
Funding:Public
Type:Teaching
Emergency:Yes – Major Trauma Centre
Beds:484[1]
Affiliation:Imperial College London
Map Type:United Kingdom London Westminster

St Mary's Hospital is an NHS hospital in Paddington, in the City of Westminster, London, founded in 1845. Since the UK's first academic health science centre was created in 2008, it has been operated by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, which also operates Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital and the Western Eye Hospital.[2]

Until 1988 the hospital ran St Mary's Hospital Medical School, part of the federal University of London. In 1988 it merged with Imperial College London, and then with Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School in 1997 to form Imperial College School of Medicine. In 2007 Imperial College became an independent institution when it withdrew from the University of London.[3]

History

Development of the hospital

The original block of St Mary's Hospital in Norfolk Place was designed by Thomas Hopper in the classical style.[4] It first opened its doors to patients in 1851, the last of the great voluntary hospitals to be founded.[5] Among St Mary's founders was the surgeon Isaac Baker Brown, a controversial figure who performed numerous clitoridectomies at the London Surgical Home, his hospital for women, and who "immediately set to work to remove the clitoris whenever he had the opportunity of doing so."[6] It was at St Mary's Hospital that C.R. Alder Wright first synthesized diamorphine in 1874.[7]

The Clarence Memorial Wing, designed by Sir William Emerson and built with its main frontage on Praed Street, opened in 1904. It was at the hospital that Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928.[8] Fleming's laboratory has been restored and incorporated into a museum about the discovery and his life and work.[8] The private Lindo wing, where there have been several royal and celebrity births, opened in November 1937;[9] it was financed by businessman and hospital board member Frank Charles Lindo, who made a large donation before his death in 1938.[10] Following the 1944 publication of a report by Sir William Goodenough advocating a minimum size for teaching hospitals,[11] and following the formation of the National Health Service in the 1948, several local hospitals became affiliated to St Mary's Hospital. These included Paddington General Hospital,[12] the Samaritan Hospital for Women[13] and the Western Eye Hospital.[14] In the 1950s, Felix Eastcott, a consultant surgeon and deputy director of the surgical unit at St Mary's Hospital, carried out pioneering work on carotid endarterectomy designed to reduce the risk of stroke.[15] Paddington General Hospital closed and relocated services to the Paddington basin site in November 1986[12] and, in common with the other London teaching hospitals who lost their independence at that time, the medical school of St Mary's Hospital merged with that of Imperial College London in 1988.[5]

In 1987 as part of on-going rationalisation within the NHS, the hundred year old Paddington Green Children's Hospital was closed down, the listed buildings sold off and its services absorbed into St Mary's.[16]

Notable births

Royal family:
Other notable births

Notable staff and alumni

Associations

St Mary's Hospital is located beside London Paddington railway station, the principal station of the Great Western Railway and its successors. In celebration of the association, a British Rail Class 43 (InterCity 125) locomotive, 43142, was named St Mary's Hospital, Paddington on 4 November 1986. The locomotive is still in service but, following changes of ownership, the name has now been removed. One of the large metal nameplates was acquired by the hospital, and is now displayed in the foyer of the Cambridge Wing.[25]

Major trauma centre

St Mary's Hospital is one of four major trauma centres in London. The other three are: King's College Hospital in Denmark Hill, The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, and St George's Hospital in Tooting.[26]

COSMIC charity

COSMIC is an independent charity, supporting the work of the neonatal and paediatric intensive care services of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London. The charity funds a range of specialist equipment for the units, including ventilators and patient monitoring systems for those being treated on the wards,[27] as well as providing practical and emotional support to families.[28]

See also

References

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All inspections: St Mary's Hospital - Care Quality Commission . 2024-08-07 . www.cqc.org.uk.
  2. Web site: Our hospitals. imperial.nhs.uk. 20 August 2013. 2 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151202094814/http://www.imperial.nhs.uk/aboutus/ourhospitals/index.htm. dead.
  3. Web site: University of London: Updated position statement re: Imperial College London. london.ac.uk. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20061210104621/http://www.london.ac.uk/495.html. 10 December 2006.
  4. Web site: T. F. T. . Baker . Diane K . Bolton . Patricia E C . Croot . 'Paddington: Public Services', in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9, Hampstead, Paddington, ed. C R Elrington . London . 1989 . 246–252 . British History Online . 18 November 2018 . 25 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180625183532/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol9/pp246-252 . live .
  5. 1079568. St Mary's: the History of a London Teaching Hospital. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 97. 8. 405–406. 1 August 2004. Ballantyne. J.. 10.1177/014107680409700816.
  6. Book: Peter L. Allen. The Wages of Sin: Sex and Disease, Past and Present. registration. June 2000. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-01460-9. 106–.
  7. Web site: Heroin, prescribed for coughs and headaches, was a trademarked medicine produced by Bayer company. Vintage News. 26 November 2017. Stefan. Andrews. 20 April 2018. 25 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425114723/http://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/11/26/coughs-and-headaches/. live.
  8. Web site: Fleming Museum. Imperial College Healthcare. 24 March 2015. 3 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151103033544/http://www.imperial.nhs.uk/aboutus/ourhospitals/museumsandarchives/index.htm. dead.
  9. News: 10 curious things about the royal birth. BBC News. 20 June 2013. 20 June 2013. 20 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130620165609/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22983365. live.
  10. News: Rayner. Gordon. Royal baby: £12,000 buys Duchess peace of mind at Lindo Wing. The Telegraph. 22 July 2013. 5 May 2015. 26 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150926043323/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10195549/Royal-baby-12000-buys-Duchess-peace-of-mind-at-Lindo-Wing.html. live.
  11. Web site: The Goodenough Committee was published in 1944. Policy Navigator. 24 April 2018. 25 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425032018/http://navigator.health.org.uk/content/goodenough-committee-was-published-1944. dead.
  12. Web site: St Mary's Hospital (Harrow Rd). Lost hospitals of London. 24 April 2018. 28 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180728153805/http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/stmarysharrowroad.html. live.
  13. Web site: Samaritan Hospital for Women . Lost hospitals of London . 24 April 2018 . 28 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180728154535/http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/samaritan.html . live .
  14. Web site: Western Eye Hospital . Lost Hospitals of London . 24 April 2018 . 28 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180728154148/http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/westerneye.html . live .
  15. Web site: Felix Eastcott, arterial surgeon . London . The Times . 31 December 2009 . 24 April 2018 . 25 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100525005634/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6971878.ece . live .
  16. Web site: Paddington Green Children's Hospital. Lost Hospitals of London. 7 July 2018. 28 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180728150443/http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/paddingtongreen.html. live.
  17. Web site: Bellator 144: Michael Page aiming to be the new face of mixed martial arts in the UK. The Telegraph. 23 October 2015. 4 April 2018. 20 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180520071113/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/ufc/11949653/Bellator-144-Michael-Page-aiming-to-be-the-new-face-of-mixed-martial-arts-in-the-UK.html. live.
  18. Web site: 2018–19 Men's Basketball Roster: Admiral Schofield . . 1 January 2019 . 2 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190102050840/https://utsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6752 . live .
  19. News: 8 reasons why Amal Clooney chose Lindo Wing to give birth. The Telegraph. 14 June 2017. 16 February 2021. 26 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201026064854/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/parenting/8-reasons-amal-clooney-chose-lindo-wing-give-birth/. live.
  20. News: Pippa Middleton reveals birth of first child on same day as Duke and Duchess of Sussex baby announcement. 16 October 2018. The Telegraph. Camilla. Tominey. 16 October 2018. 0307-1235. 20 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240220062922/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2018/10/16/pippa-middleton-gives-birth-baby-boy/. live.
  21. Web site: Pippa Middleton Welcomes Baby Girl – and Her Name Has a Special Connection to Aunt Kate!. People. Stephanie. Petit. Erin. Hill. 15 March 2021. 15 March 2021. 15 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210315142133/https://people.com/royals/pippa-middleton-welcomes-second-child/. live.
  22. Web site: Pippa Middleton Welcomes Third Child – a Baby Girl!. People. Erin. Hill. Simon. Perry. 11 July 2022. 11 July 2022. 11 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220711180659/https://people.com/royals/pippa-middleton-welcomes-third-child-baby-girl/. live.
  23. Book: Cope, Zachariah . A Hundred Years of Nursing at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington . William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd. . 1955 . London . 118–120.
  24. 1975 . Vincent Zachary cope 1881–1974, Obituary . British Journal of Surgery . 62 . 8 . 668–669 . 10.1002/bjs.1800620820. 1100161 .
  25. Book: Llewelyn, Hugh. Intercity HST 125: The Amberley Railway Archive. Amberley Publishing. 2014. 978-1445634180. 21 November 2020. 23 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231123040748/https://books.google.com/books?id=_i5mBAAAQBAJ&q=St+Mary%27s+Hospital%2C+Paddington+locomotive+43+142&pg=PT154. live.
  26. Web site: London's four major trauma centres. 27 June 2017. 6 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170906040015/http://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/calling_999/emergency_trauma_care.aspx. dead.
  27. Web site: cosmic. Equipment. 2022-01-28. COSMIC. en-GB. 28 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220128095958/https://cosmiccharity.org.uk/equipment/. live.
  28. Web site: cosmic. Family Support. 2022-01-28. COSMIC. en-GB. 28 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220128100559/https://cosmiccharity.org.uk/family-support/. live.

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