Homerton University Hospital
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-run University Hospital
University hospital
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in Homerton
Homerton
Homerton is a place in the London Borough of Hackney. It is bordered to the west by Hackney Central, to the north by Lower Clapton, in the east by Hackney Wick, Leyton and by South Hackney to the south.-Origins:...
, Hackney- East London
London Borough of Hackney
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Overview
The hospital is run by the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustNHS Foundation Trust
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, which was established on 1 April 2004 and is one among the first ten foundation trusts established in England
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. It is the designated hospital for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games
2012 Summer Olympics
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History
Several hospitals existed at Hackney prior to the present hospital at Homerton Row. Hackney’s first hospital was founded in 1280, called the Kingsland Leper Hospital and was one of ten leper hospitals set up in London. It was eventually closed in 1760. The Hackney Hospital known at various times as the workhouse infirmary and later as the Hackney Institute functioned at Homerton High Street between 1750 and 1995, before the services were transferred to the current hospital. The German Hospital functioned on on Dalston Road between 1845 and 1987. The Eastern Hospital, which was also known as the fever and small pox hospital ran at the site of where Homerton Hospital is today between 1870 and 1982. Mothers' Hospital which was started at Mare Street, Hackney in 1884 by the Salvation ArmySalvation Army
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for the care of pregnant, unmarried women. It was closed in 1986 when Homerton Hospital opened and all the maternity and obstetric services were transferred.
The construction for present hospital began in 1982 and it opened its doors on Sunday, the 5th of July 1986. The hospital built at a cost of £20 million was inaugurated by the Princess Royal. Homerton became a separate trust in 1994 and has been in its present organisation as a foundation trust since 2004. The Trust is governed by a board elected from the membership; itself drawn from a wide area around the hospital.
Services
The hospital services the East London borough of HackneyLondon Borough of Hackney
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and also the City of London
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. Specialist care is provided in obstetrics
Obstetrics
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, neonatology
Neonatology
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, fetal medicine
Maternal-fetal medicine
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, laparoscopic surgery
Laparoscopic surgery
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, fertility
Fertility
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, bariatric surgery
Bariatric surgery
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, obesity surgery and neurorehabilitation
Neurorehabilitation
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The hospital directly employs 2200 staff. The hospital received “excellent” both for service quality and use of resources in the Care Quality Commission
Care Quality Commission
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(CQC) ratings and top rating of 3 stars with the Healthcare Commission
Healthcare Commission
The Healthcare Commission was a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department of Health of the United Kingdom. It was set up to promote and drive improvement in the quality of health care and public health in England and Wales...
in 2009-10. It holds the level 2 NHS Litigation Authority rating for safety for both general and maternity services.
Medical education
Homerton University Hospital serves as teaching hospital for undergraduate students from Barts and The London, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry. It provides post graduate training in all major specialities.Transport links
The hospital is a short walk from the Homerton railway stationHomerton railway station
Homerton railway station is in the London Borough of Hackney in east London. It is on the North London Line, and the station and all trains serving it are operated by London Overground...
on the North London Line
North London Line
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with frequent trains operated by London Overground
London Overground
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The bus stops adjacent the hospital have regular services to Central and East London (Routes 236
London Buses route 236
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, 242, 276, 308, 394
London Buses route 394
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, 425, 488 and W15).
External links
- Homerton NHS Trust - Official site (Including membership of the Trust)
- Healthcare Commission ratings
- History of the Eastern Hospital