Chelsea & Westminster Hospital

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, with St Stephen's Centre on the right, which dates from the previous hospital on the site, St Stephen's Hospital (1876–1989)
Shown in Kensington and Chelsea
Geography
Location	369 Fulham Road London SW10 9NH
Organisation
Care system	NHS
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Imperial College London
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	430
History
Founded	1993
Links
Website	www.chelwest.nhs.uk

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is a 430-bed teaching hospital located in Chelsea, London. Although the Hospital has been at its present site since only 1993, the Hospital has a rich history in that it serves as the new site for the Westminster Hospital. It is operated by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and has close ties with Imperial College London. Many of the hospital's employees hold research contracts with Imperial College London, and the hospital plays an integral role in teaching students at Imperial College London.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital was established in 1993 and brought together staff, services and equipment from five other hospitals in London:

The new hospital was designed by the architects Sheppard Robson. It displays many treasures from the old hospitals. Some of these are in the first floor hospital chapel, including a 16th-century painting by Veronese from the Westminster Hospital and stained glass windows from St Mary Abbots and the Westminster Children's Hospitals.

Chelsea and Westminster maintains a range of medical and surgical acute services:

The hospital provides a number of services which include a specialist hand surgery/management unit sometimes known as HMU.

The hospital's HIV/GUM Clinical Directorate was established in April 1991, and is today the largest specialist HIV unit in Europe, caring for more than 5,000 HIV patients, and enjoys a worldwide reputation as a centre of excellence in both the care of HIV-positive patients and a wide range of associated clinical research.

The St Stephen's Centre is also home to the core laboratory of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI).

Radio Chelsea and Westminster is the hospital's own hospital radio station, available for; patients, staff and the local community. It was launched in 1977 to provide music and escapism for patients. Patients are able to listen to the hospital radio on Channel 6 on their hospedia beside unit, or online at www.radiocw.org. The radio station has featured in a number of locations around the hospital it is currently on the second floor of the hospital between lift banks C and D