Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup

Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Queen Mary Hospital's Day Nursery
Location within London Borough of Bexley
Geography
Location Sidcup, London, England
Coordinates 51°25′08″N 0°06′05″E / 51.4189°N 0.1014°E / 51.4189; 0.1014Coordinates: 51°25′08″N 0°06′05″E / 51.4189°N 0.1014°E / 51.4189; 0.1014
Organisation
Care system NHS England
Hospital type District General
Services
Emergency department No
Beds 430
History
Founded 1917
Links
Website http://qmh.oxleas.nhs.uk/

Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup is an acute district general hospital situated in Sidcup, South East London, serving the population of the London Borough of Bexley. It was previously administered by Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust, which was established in 1993.

Following the dissolution of the South London Healthcare NHS Trust in 2013, the hospital came under the management of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, with other services being provided by King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.[1]

History

A plaque commemorating Sir Harold Gillies' contribution to Plastic Surgery

The Queen's Hospital was opened in prefabricated buildings in the grounds of Frognal House in August 1917.[2] It provided pioneering plastic surgery under the guidance of Sir Harold Gillies to soldiers who had received facial injuries in action during First World War.[2]

It was re-opened as a general hospital known as "Queen Mary's Hospital" by Queen Mary in 1930.[2] It was damaged by bombing during the Second World War and joined the National Health Service in 1948.[2] The prefabricated buildings were replaced by more permanent structures between 1962 and 1974.[2]

In April 2009 Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust and Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust merged to form the South London Healthcare NHS Trust, creating one management structure across several different sites.[3]

In November 2010 the Hospital's A & E Department "temporarily" closed along with the maternity services in the Kent Women's Wing. Acute services were transferred to the two sister hospitals, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich and the Princess Royal University Hospital in Farnborough.[4]

In October 2013, the South London Healthcare NHS Trust was dissolved, and the hospital split between various other trusts. Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust became the owners of the buildings and managers of the estate, whilst also assuming responsibility for the running of some clinical services. In addition, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust became responsible for running other clinical services at the hospital.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Welcome". South London Healthcare NHS Trust. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "£90,000 salary for debt-ridden Trust". Bromley Times. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Half of Darent Valley A&E patients do not need A&E". BBC. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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