Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, with St Stephen's Centre on the right, which is a rest of the previous hospital on the site, St Stephen's Hospital (1876-1989)
Geography
Location Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Imperial College London
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds 430
History
Founded 1993
Links
Website www.chelwest.nhs.uk
Lists Hospitals in England

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is a 430-bed teaching hospital located in Chelsea, London. Although the Hospital has been at its present site since only 1993, the Hospital has a rich history in that it serves as the new site for the Westminster Hospital. It is operated by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and has close ties with Imperial College London. Many of the hospital's employees hold research contracts with Imperial College London, and the hospital plays an integral role in teaching students at Imperial College London. The hospital's operating revenue for clinical activities alone was £378 million in 2014/15.[1]

The hospital has often been regarded as one of the leading hospitals in the country based on a number of metrics, including having the lowest operative mortality rates in the country,[2][3] and one of the best performing A&E departments in the country.

History

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital brought together staff, services and equipment from five other hospitals in London:

The new hospital was designed by the architects Sheppard Robson. It displays many treasures from the old hospitals. Some of these are in the first floor hospital chapel, including a 16th-century painting by Veronese from the Westminster Hospital and stained glass windows from St Mary Abbots and the Westminster Children's Hospitals.[9]

Notable births

Owing to its location in the most affluent area of central London, a significant number of high-profile patients have been treated at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Notable people born at Chelsea and Westminster include:

Notable passings

Notable people who have died at Chelsea and Westminster include:

Services

Chelsea and Westminster maintains a range of medical and surgical acute services, as well as outpatient facilities and a 24-hour Accident and Emergency department. In addition to these services, which are primarily aimed at local residents and visitors, the hospital is a specialist tertiary referral centre for many services, including: HIV and Genitourinary Medicine, Burns and Bariatric Surgery.

Hand trauma

The hospital provides a number of services which include a specialist hand surgery/management unit sometimes known as HMU.

Access to these services is often made via GP referral. However, various A&E departments can make urgent tertiary referrals.

HIV / GUM

The hospital’s HIV/GUM Clinical Directorate was established in April 1991, and is today the largest specialist HIV unit in Europe,[19][20] caring for more than 5,000 [21] HIV patients, and enjoys a worldwide reputation as a centre of excellence in both the care of HIV-positive patients and a wide range of associated clinical research. Its director, Professor Brian Gazzard,[22][23] is one of the world's leading authorities on HIV, founded the British HIV Association, serves as Chairman of the British HIV Guidelines Writing Committee, and is a member of both the Scientific Committee of the World AIDS Congress and of the IAS USA Guidelines Committee.

The St Stephen’s Centre is also home to the core laboratory of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI).[24]

Radio Chelsea and Westminster

The Radio Chelsea and Westminster logo

Radio Chelsea and Westminster[25] is the hospital's own hospital radio station, available for; patients, staff and the local community. It was launched in 1977 to provide music and escapism for patients. Patients are able to listen to the hospital radio on Channel 6 on their hospedia beside unit, or online at www.radiocw.org. The radio station has featured in a number of locations around the hospital it is currently on the second floor of the hospital between lift banks C and D[26] The charity is entirely self-funded and relies on subscriptions, personal donations and fundraising events to continue its work.

Education

In 1984, Westminster Hospital Medical School merged with the Charing Cross Hospital Medical School to form Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School. This was part of a series of mergers of London medical schools in the early 1980s, foreshadowing a larger series in the late 1990s, which brought all the institutes together into five large schools.

In 1997, as part of the second wave, CXWMS merged with Imperial College, London (and its medical department, St Mary's Hospital Medical School), the National Heart and Lung Institute, and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, to form Imperial College School of Medicine. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital maintains strong ties with Imperial College School of Medicine and is a teaching hospital for students undergoing clinical attachments in various specialties.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/about-us/links/CW-Annual-Report-2014-15.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/about-us/news/news-archive/2012/dr-foster-award
  3. ↑ http://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/about-us/news/news-archive/2013/dr-foster-names-chelsea-and-westminster-among-top-5-hospitals
  4. ↑ Lost hospitals of London: St Stephen's Hospital Linked 2013-07-29
  5. ↑ Lost hospitals of London: St Mary Abbot's Hospital Linked 2013-07-29
  6. ↑ Lost hospitals of London: West London Hospital Linked 2013-07-29
  7. ↑ Lost hospitals of London: Westminster Hospital Linked 2013-07-29
  8. ↑ Lost hospitals of London: Westminster Children's Hospital Linked 2013-07-29
  9. ↑ "Our History, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital website". Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
  10. ↑ Cherie Blair had her son Leo last May, (..) on the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
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  16. ↑ McElhone gave birth to her third child at London's Chelsea and Westminister Hospital
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  18. ↑ Sir Christopher Lee dead: Legendary actor passes away at the age of 93
  19. ↑ Chelsea and Westminster HIV Cohort (PDF format)
  20. ↑ Unique partnership brings new hope for vaccine to combat HIV
  21. ↑ Why choose our HIV services?
  22. ↑ Interview with the Professor Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  23. ↑ Information about HIV and sexual health Archived November 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  24. ↑ New partnership to accelerate AIDS vaccine testing, equip developing countries for trials
  25. ↑ "Radio Chelsea and Westminster - Home". www.radiocw.org. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  26. ↑ "Radio Chelsea and Westminster - About". radiocw.org. Retrieved 2016-05-24.

Coordinates: 51°29′02″N 0°10′55″W / 51.484°N 0.182°W / 51.484; -0.182

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