Thorpe Coombe Hospital

Thorpe Coombe Hospital
North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Thorpe Coombe Hospital
Location within Waltham Forest
Geography
Location Walthamstow, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°35′27″N 0°00′28″W / 51.5907°N 0.0079°W / 51.5907; -0.0079Coordinates: 51°35′27″N 0°00′28″W / 51.5907°N 0.0079°W / 51.5907; -0.0079
Organisation
Care system NHS England
Hospital type Mental health
Services
Emergency department No Accident & Emergency
History
Founded 1929
Links
Website www.nelft.nhs.uk
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Thorpe Coombe Hospital is a psychiatric hospital and former maternity hospital in Walthamstow, north-east London, and part of North East London NHS Foundation Trust.

History

Walthamstow Borough Council acquired a mansion called North Bank which had been owned by Octavius Wigram for the purposes of establishing a maternity hospital in 1929.[1][2][3] The hospital was opened by Dame Janet Campbell, a leading physician, in April 1934.[3] As a maternity hospital it had circa 70 beds.[1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.[3] It ceased maternity facilities in 1973 and was subsequently used as a nurses' home, then a treatment centre for Alzheimer's disease patients and latterly as a mental health facility.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "History: Thorpe Coombe Hospital". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  2. ↑ "Your Story: The Forest Group of Hospitals". BBC. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

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