London Chest Hospital

For the now-demolished hospital on City Road, see Royal Chest Hospital.

London Chest Hospital
Barts Health NHS Trust
The London Chest Hospital on the day of closure
London Chest Hospital is located in London Borough of Tower Hamlets
London Chest Hospital
Location within Tower Hamlets
Geography
LocationBonner Road, Bethnal Green, London, England
Coordinates51°31′56″N 0°02′57″W / 51.5321°N 0.04926°W / 51.5321; -0.04926
Organisation
Care systemNational Health Service
TypeSpecialist
Services
SpecialityChest
History
Opened13 March 1848; 176 years ago (1848-03-13)
Closed17 April 2015; 9 years ago (2015-04-17)

The London Chest Hospital, located in Bethnal Green in London, adjacent to Victoria Park, was a hospital with a national reputation for treatment of cardiac and pulmonary disease.[1] Since 1999 it had been run by the Barts Health NHS Trust.[2] It closed on 17 April 2015 as part of the creation of the Barts Heart Centre at St Bartholomew's Hospital, by consolidation of services from the London Chest Hospital and The Heart Hospital, part of University College London Hospital.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ELA-20140603 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ben., Weinreb (1 January 2008). The London encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 499. ISBN 9781405049245. OCLC 320248280.
  3. ^ "The London Chest". Barts Health. n.d. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.