Thorpe Coombe Hospital
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Thorpe Coombe Hospital is a psychiatric unit and former maternity hospital in Walthamstow
, north-east London, and part of North East London NHS
Mental Health Trust.
hospital in 1934, making use of part of a mansion which had been owned by Octavius Wigram
. It ceased maternity facilities in 1973 and was subsequently used as a nurses' home, then a treatment centre for Alzheimer's disease
patients, and latterly an out-patients and inpatient service psychiatric hospital
.
Never a large hospital (as a maternity hospital it had 70 beds), today it predominately houses administrative staff: it is the base for the local community mental health team. It does however still offer some inpatient service, which comprises two wards for elderly patients with mental health problems.
Walthamstow
Walthamstow is a district of northeast London, England, located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is situated north-east of Charing Cross...
, north-east London, and part of North East London NHS
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...
Mental Health Trust.
History
The hospital was opened as a maternityMaternity
Maternity or motherhood is the social and legal acknowledgment of the parental relationship between a mother and her child.It is specially related with the protection of the baby and the mother within and after the childbirth.-See also:...
hospital in 1934, making use of part of a mansion which had been owned by Octavius Wigram
Octavius Wigram
Octavius Wigram was an English business man and ship owner in the City of London, a member of Lloyds and Governor of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation.-Life:...
. It ceased maternity facilities in 1973 and was subsequently used as a nurses' home, then a treatment centre for Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
patients, and latterly an out-patients and inpatient service psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospital
Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals, are hospitals specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading. Some hospitals may specialise only in short-term or outpatient therapy for low-risk patients...
.
Never a large hospital (as a maternity hospital it had 70 beds), today it predominately houses administrative staff: it is the base for the local community mental health team. It does however still offer some inpatient service, which comprises two wards for elderly patients with mental health problems.
External links
- Thorpe Coombe Hospital at North East London Foundation [MH] NHS Trust.