Mile End Hospital
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| Mile End Hospital | |
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| Barts Health NHS Trust | |
 Mile End Hospital in 2021 | |
  Location within Tower Hamlets | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Bancroft Road, Mile End, London, England |
| Coordinates | 51°31′29″N 0°02′35″W / 51.5248°N 0.04304°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | National Health Service |
| Type | Community |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| History | |
| Opened | 1859 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Mile End Hospital is a community hospital in the Mile End area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in England. It is managed by Barts Health NHS Trust.
History[edit]
The hospital was established as the infirmary for the local workhouse in 1859.[1] A training school for nurses was added in 1892.[1] The facility was rebuilt as the Mile End Old Town Infirmary in 1883 and then served as a military hospital during the First World War.[1] After becoming Mile End Hospital in 1930, it joined the National Health Service in 1948.[1] It became the Royal London Hospital (Mile End) in 1990 but reverted to being called Mile End Hospital in 1994, and was taken under the management of Barts Health NHS Trust when it was set up in 2012.[2] Notable staff include Avis Hutt, the nurse and political campaigner who trained at the hospital from 1935 to 1938.[3]
Services[edit]
The hospital provides outpatient and community-based services, including diabetes, sexual health, rheumatology, radiology, physiotherapy, and children's services.[4]
Some eye services at the hospital are provided by Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, including cataract, glaucoma and general ophthalmology.[5]
In 2021 the hospital opened an Early Diagnostic Centre to provide more capacity for endoscopy, ultrasound and CT scans, a joint project between three NHS trusts, Barking, Havering and Redbridge, Barts Health and Homerton.[6]
Patient entertainment[edit]
Bedrock Radio (a registered charity[7] established in 2002) provide a community health (hospital radio) service across East London, South Essex and immediate surrounding areas.[8] Bedrock Radio began serving Barts Health Trust[9] in November 2022 when Whipps Cross Hospital Radio (WXHR) closed down.[10]
Transport[edit]
Mile End tube station and Stepney Green tube station are both within walking distance of the hospital, and London Buses Routes 25, 205, 309 and Night Route N205 pass the hospital on Mile End Road and Globe Road.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Mile End Hospital". Lost hospitals of London. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Mile End Hospital - Our history". Barts Health NHS Trust. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "General Nursing Register via Ancestry". 1940.
- ^ a b "Visiting Mile End Hospital". Barts Health NHS Trust. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Moorfields Eye Unit at Mile End". Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Brookes, Andrew (24 May 2021). "Early diagnosis centre helps people at risk of cancer get tests sooner". East London Advertiser. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "BEDROCK RADIO - Charity 1180476". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Bedrock Radio - Your Healthy Music Mix". Bedrock Radio. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ Watson, Mathew (30 November 2022). "Hear Bedrock Radio in more Hospitals in East London". Bedrock Radio. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "WHIPPS CROSS HOSPITAL RADIO - Charity 285733". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Mile End Hospital on the NHS website
- Inspection reports from the Care Quality Commission.
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