Mile End Hospital

Mile End Hospital is a community hospital in the Mile End area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is managed by Barts Health NHS Trust.

Mile End Hospital
Barts Health NHS Trust
Mile End Hospital
Location within Tower Hamlets
Geography
LocationBancroft Road, Mile End, London, England
Coordinates51.5248°N 0.04304°W / 51.5248; -0.04304
Organisation
Care systemNational Health Service
TypeCommunity
Services
Emergency departmentNo
History
Opened1859
Links
Websitewww.bartshealth.nhs.uk/mile-end

History

The hospital was established as the infirmary for the local workhouse in 1859.[1] A training school for nurses was added in 1892.[1] The facility was rebuilt as the Mile End Old Town Infirmary in 1883 and then served as a military hospital during First World War.[1] After becoming Mile End Hospital in 1930, it joined the National Health Service in 1948.[1] It became the Royal London Hospital (Mile End) in 1990 but reverted to being called Mile End Hospital in 1994 and was taken under the management of Barts Health NHS Trust in 2012.[2]

Services

The hospital provides outpatient and community based services, including diabetes, sexual health, rheumatology, radiology, and physiotherapy, as well as children's services.[3]

Some services at the hospital are also provided by Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, including cataract, glaucoma and general ophthalmology.[4]

Transport

Mile End tube station and Stepney Green tube station are both located within walking distance of the hospital, and London Buses Routes 25, 205, 309 and Night Route N205 pass the hospital on Mile End Road and Globe Road.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Mile End Hospital". Lost hospitals of London. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  2. Meriel Clunas. "Mile End Hospital - Our history". Bartshealth.nhs.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. Meriel Clunas. "Mile End Hospital - Barts Health NHS Trust". Bartshealth.nhs.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. "Moorfields Eye Unit at Mile End". Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  5. "Mile End Hospital". Retrieved 24 February 2018.
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