King George Hospital, Ilford

King George Hospital
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
The entrance for King George Hospital on Barley Lane.
Shown in Redbridge
Geography
Location Goodmayes, London, England
Coordinates 51°34′48″N 0°06′43″E / 51.580°N 0.112°E / 51.580; 0.112Coordinates: 51°34′48″N 0°06′43″E / 51.580°N 0.112°E / 51.580; 0.112
Organisation
Care system NHS England
Hospital type District General
Affiliated university Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 450
History
Founded 1910
Links
Website http://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/

King George Hospital is an NHS hospital in Barley Lane, Goodmayes in the London Borough of Redbridge. The hospital is part of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

History

The hospital has its origins in the Ilford Emergency Hospital located at Newbury Park on the A12 Eastern Avenue which was built between 1910 and 1912.[1] It operated as a military hospital during the First World War.[1] The War Memorial Children's Wing, to commemorate lives lost during the war, was completed in 1926.[1] A re-building programme followed and the new facilities were opened by King George V in July 1931.[1] The Baker Memorial Wing was completed in January 1935 and the hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948.[1]

The hospital at Newbury Park closed in 1993 when services were transferred to a new facility just two miles to the east at Barley Lane.[1]

On 15 December 2010 the joint committee of PCTs voted unanimously to close the accident & emergency and maternity departments despite local public opposition. It was decided that Queen's Hospital in Romford should handle the extra numbers of patients.[2]

Services

The hospital comprises a large two-storey building. The wards are named after plants and trees; Ash, Beech, Cedar Centre, Clover, Dahlia, Elm Breast Care Unit, Erica, Fern, Gardenia, Gentian, Heather, Iris, Jasmine, Japonica and Juniper. The site is also home to the North East London Independent Sector Treatment Centre.[3]

The emergency and urgent care centre at the hospital is run by the Partnership of East London Cooperatives, an Industrial and Provident Society made up of GPs, patient representatives and other health professionals. Patients are first seen by a nurse before they are sent for treatment within the centre or transferred to the hospital’s main emergency department. The Care Quality Commission rated the service inadequate in 2018 and put it into special measures.[4]

Entertainment and refreshments

The local hospital radio service, Bedrock, is available on-line to patients, staff the area.[5] The Hospital has a League Of Friends Shop situated in the main entrance.[6]

Transport

There are bus services connecting to the nearest rail stations are Goodmayes (TfL Rail, to become Elizabeth Line) and Newbury Park Underground station.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "King George Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ilford South MP Mike Gapes raises concerns over King George Hospital's A&E ahead of winter". Ilford Recorder. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "King George Hospital: Site map". Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Private emergency care centre in special measures". Health Service Journal. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Bedrock (Hospital Radio)". Bedrock. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Charity which has raised over £1m for our hospital needs more volunteers". Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  7. ↑ Transport for London (December 2017). Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 January 2018.
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