King George Hospital
Encyclopedia
King George Hospital is an NHS
hospital in Barley Lane, Goodmayes in the London Borough of Redbridge
. The nearest rail stations are Goodmayes (National Express East Anglia)
and Newbury Park Underground station (Central Line)
. The hospital is part of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust - one of the largest in the country, serving a diverse population of around 750,000, also operating Queen's Hospital in Romford.
King George opened at the current site in 1995, offering services including critical care, an accident and emergency department a 24-hour Urgent Care Centre and a specialist rehabilitation services. Its previous location was just over a mile to the west off the Eastern Avenue at Newbury Park.
The BHRUH Trust has been given University status to mark the quality of medical and nursing teaching and training on offer at both sites.
The maternity service at the Trust – operating across both hospitals – is the second largest in the country, delivering about 10,000 babies a year.
Wards at King George - a large two-storey building - are named after plants and trees and include Foxglove, Gentian and Cedar.
The King George site is also home to the North East London Independent Sector Treatment Centre.
On 15 December 2010 the joint committee of PCTs voted unanimously to close the A&E and maternity departments despite local public opposition.
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
hospital in Barley Lane, Goodmayes in the London Borough of Redbridge
London Borough of Redbridge
The London Borough of Redbridge is a London borough in outer north-east London. Its administrative headquarters is at Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford. The local authority is Redbridge London Borough Council.-Etymology:...
. The nearest rail stations are Goodmayes (National Express East Anglia)
Goodmayes railway station
Goodmayes railway station is a railway station at Goodmayes in the London Borough of Redbridge in east London, opened on 18 February 1901 by the Great Eastern Railway on the Main Line from Liverpool Street. The station once had an extensive shunting yard for goods traffic but this fell into disuse...
and Newbury Park Underground station (Central Line)
Newbury Park tube station
Newbury Park tube station is a London Underground station in Newbury Park, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is on the Hainault loop of the Central Line, in Zone 4....
. The hospital is part of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust - one of the largest in the country, serving a diverse population of around 750,000, also operating Queen's Hospital in Romford.
King George opened at the current site in 1995, offering services including critical care, an accident and emergency department a 24-hour Urgent Care Centre and a specialist rehabilitation services. Its previous location was just over a mile to the west off the Eastern Avenue at Newbury Park.
The BHRUH Trust has been given University status to mark the quality of medical and nursing teaching and training on offer at both sites.
The maternity service at the Trust – operating across both hospitals – is the second largest in the country, delivering about 10,000 babies a year.
Wards at King George - a large two-storey building - are named after plants and trees and include Foxglove, Gentian and Cedar.
The King George site is also home to the North East London Independent Sector Treatment Centre.
On 15 December 2010 the joint committee of PCTs voted unanimously to close the A&E and maternity departments despite local public opposition.
External links
- King George Hospital - NHS information