St George's Hospital

St George's Hospital
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Shown in Wandsworth
Geography
Location	Blackshaw Road London SW17 0QT[1]
Organisation
Care system	NHS England
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	St George's, University of London
Services
Emergency department	Yes (Major Trauma Centre)
Beds	1,300
Helipad	Yes
History
Opened	1733; 291 years ago (1733) (Hyde Park Corner), 1976; 48 years ago (1976) (current site)
Closed	1980; 44 years ago (1980) (Hyde Park Corner)
Links
Website	http://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk
Other links	St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

St George's Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Tooting, London. Founded in 1733, it is one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals and one of the largest hospitals in Europe.^[2] It is run by the St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It shares its main hospital site in Tooting in the London Borough of Wandsworth, with St George's, University of London, which trains NHS staff and carries out advanced medical research.

The hospital has around 1,300 beds and most general tertiary care such as accident and emergency, maternity services and care for older people and children. However, as a major acute hospital, St George's Hospital also offers specialist care for the more complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It is also home to one of four major trauma centres and one of eight hyper-acute stroke units for London.

St George's Hospital also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in the South East of England, for specialities such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide endoscopy training service.