The
Queen Elizabeth Hospital is located on Woolwich Common
, was opened in March 2001 and serves patients from
the London
Borough of Greenwich
and the London Borough of Bexley
. The hospital was built to accommodate the
services previously provided at Greenwich
District Hospital
, and is a Private Finance Initiative
hospital. In April 2009, the hospital was part of a
merger with Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust
and Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust
to form South London Healthcare NHS
Trust.
The hospital's name originates from the Queen Elizabeth Military
Hospital, which occupied the site from 1977 until its closure in
1995, and was named after
Queen
Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The military hospital was built on
the site of the former
Shrapnel
Barracks and was a replacement for the
Royal
Herbert Hospital in Shooters Hill and
Queen Alexandra's Military Hospital
Millbank.
There is
also a Queen Elizabeth Hospital
in Birmingham.
External links
References
- South
London Healthcare NHS Trust homepage