University College Hospital Explained

University College Hospital
Org/Group:University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location:Fitzrovia
Region:London
Country:England
Healthcare:National Health Service
Type:Teaching
Emergency:Yes
Affiliation:University College London
Beds:665[1]
Map Type:United Kingdom London Camden
Coordinates:51.5252°N -0.1344°W

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 Euston Road and its tower faces Euston Square tube station on the east side. Warren Street tube station lies immediately west and the major Euston terminus station is beyond 200 metres east, just beyond Euston Square Gardens.

History

In 1826, the London University began emphasising the importance of having medical schools attached to hospitals. Before the hospital opened, only Oxford and Cambridge universities offered medical degrees, and as a consequence relatively few doctors actually had degrees.[2] The hospital was founded as the North London Hospital in 1834 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 students access to that hospital's wards.[3] It soon became known as University College Hospital.[3]

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]

George Orwell married Sonia Brownell in 1949, and later died 21 January 1950, in room 65 of the hospital.[6] The hospital was run by the Camden and Islington Area Health Authority[7] from 1974. In 1994, UCH became part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Trust.[3] The hospital site at the Cruciform Building was closed in 1995, despite strikes and an occupation in 1993.[8] The building was purchased by UCL, for use as the home for the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research and the teaching facility for UCL bioscience and medical students UCL Medical School.[9]

A new 75,822 m2 hospital, procured under the Private Finance Initiative in 2000, designed by Llewelyn Davies Yeang[10] and built by a joint venture of AMEC and Balfour Beatty at a cost of £422 million, opened in 2005.[11] [12] The sculpture Monolith and Shadow made from a large polished piece of Brazilian granite was placed outside the main entrance to the new hospital in 2005.[13]

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]

In 2024, King Charles III became patron of the hospital, a role Queen Elizabeth II had filled until her death in 2022.[17]

Services

the following services were provided at the hospital:

The hospital has 665 in-patient beds, 12 operating theatres and houses the largest single critical care unit in the NHS.[1] [18] The Accident and Emergency department sees approximately 120,000 patients a year.[19] It is a major teaching hospital and a key location for the UCL Medical School.[20] It is also a major centre for medical research and part of both the UCLH/UCL Biomedical Research Centre and the UCL Partners academic health science centre.[21] [22]

The urology department moved to University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street, formerly the Heart Hospital, in 2015.[23] [24]

Notable staff

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: UCLH. 10 September 2010. Interserve Plc.
  2. The London Encyclopaedia, Weinreb and Hibbert, 1983
  3. Web site: UCLH trust chronology. 10 September 2010. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. https://web.archive.org/web/20090411203613/http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/About+UCLH/History+and+archives/UCLH+trust+chronology.htm. 11 April 2009. dead. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Overview of Robert Liston.
  5. Flemming, P.. Robert Liston, the first professor of clinical surgery at UCH . University College Hospital Magazine. . 1 . 176–85 . 1926. in Gordon, R. (1983), p. 146.
  6. News: The It Girl who tried to save George Orwell – and how Cressida Bonas will bring her alive in a new play. Cavendish. Dominic. 2017-08-01. The Telegraph. 13 October 2018. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  7. Web site: The National Health Service (Constitution of Area Health Authorities) Order 1973. Legislation.co.uk. 20 March 2022.
  8. Web site: The South London Women's Hospital Occupation 1984–85. Past tense. 7 April 2014.
  9. Web site: Cruciform Building. University College London. 21 May 2018. Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research. en. 2 February 2019.
  10. Web site: University College Hospital. 30 September 2012 . E-Architect. 13 April 2018.
  11. Web site: University College London Hospitals wins award for Best Health Project (over £20 million). 10 September 2010. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. https://web.archive.org/web/20070124033221/http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/News/2002/May/. 24 January 2007. dead. dmy-all.
  12. Web site: University College London Hospital. ASM. 11 April 2018.
  13. News: Rare stone to boost hospital aura. 24 August 2005. BBC News. 15 November 2022.
  14. Web site: Six in race for Carbuncle Cup . 22 July 2010 . Watson, Anna . bdonline.co.uk . 21 September 2016.
  15. Web site: Bottom of the barrel - Carbuncles 2006 . bdonline.co.uk . 11 September 2014.
  16. Web site: New EGA Wing opens to mothers and babies. 10 September 2010. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. https://web.archive.org/web/20101111070257/http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/News/2008/New+EGA+Wing+opens+to+mothers+and+babies.htm. 11 November 2010. dead. dmy-all.
  17. Web site: His Majesty King Charles III accepts patronages of University College Hospital and the Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine. UCLH NHS Foundation Trust. 2 June 2024.
  18. Web site: University College Hospital. 10 September 2010. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127215033/http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/nr/exeres/8ce6af61-2dfa-417f-acf7-86357cb39339,frameless.htm?nrmode=unpublished&wbcmode=presentationunpublished&wbc_purpose=basic. 27 November 2010. dead. dmy-all.
  19. Web site: University College London Hospitals: Emergency Services. 10 September 2010. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. https://web.archive.org/web/20101110222539/http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/GPs+healthcare+professionals/Clinical+services/Emergency+Services/. 10 November 2010. dead. dmy-all.
  20. Web site: Bloomsbury Campus. 10 September 2010. UCL Medical School.
  21. Web site: Home. 10 September 2010. UCLH/UCL Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100825012612/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cbrc/. 25 August 2010. dmy-all.
  22. Web site: About us. 10 September 2010. UCL Partners. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100910112932/http://www.uclpartners.com/about-us. 10 September 2010. dmy-all.
  23. http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/ourservices/ourhospitals/hh/Pages/Home.aspx University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street (formerly the Heart Hospital)
  24. https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/HP/GPNEWS/Pages/Cardiologycancer.aspx UCLH Web site: Refurbishment of the Heart Hospital, 18 May 2015, retrieved 15 September 2015
  25. Web site: Hazell . Jonathan . 1994-02-23 . Obituary: Graham Fraser . 2023-09-04 . The Independent . en.

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