St George's Hospital

St George's Hospital
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
St George's Hospital is located in London Borough of Wandsworth
St George's Hospital
Shown in Wandsworth
Geography
LocationBlackshaw Road
London
SW17 0QT[1]
Organisation
Care systemNHS England
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universitySt George's, University of London
Services
Emergency departmentYes (Major Trauma Centre)
Beds1,300
HelipadYes
History
Opened1733; 291 years ago (1733) (Hyde Park Corner), 1976; 48 years ago (1976) (current site)
Closed1980; 44 years ago (1980) (Hyde Park Corner)
Links
Websitehttp://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk
Other linksSt 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.

  1. ^ "St George's Hospital". St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. ^ "University guide 2015: St George's, University of London". The Guardian. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2014.