Hillingdon Hospital
| Hillingdon Hospital | |
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| The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Hillingdon, Greater London, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Hospital type | District General |
| Affiliated university |
Imperial College London |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 409 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1744 (Hillingdon Workhouse) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.thh.nhs.uk |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Imperial College London
Brunel University
Hillingdon Hospital is an NHS hospital, located in Pield Heath Road, Hillingdon, Greater London. It is a general hospital serving the local area, providing a wide variety of services including Accident and Emergency (64,000 patients annually), In-patients, Day Surgery and Outpatient Clinics. It is an incredibly busy hospital, owing possibly to the proximity of Heathrow Airport.
It is one of only two hospitals run by The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the other being Mount Vernon Hospital.
The hospital has a PALS office based on site, the Hillingdon Consulting Rooms for private patients, and its own hospital radio station (Radio Hillingdon), staffed by volunteers.
The current chairman is Richard Sumray, and the chief executive is Shane Degaris.
In 1744, Hillingdon Vestry decided to build a workhouse. Finding a suitable site proved difficult, but it was finally decided to build it near Colham Green. The work on this was completed in 1747.
By 1830, the workhouse had grown considerably in size, and it was decided to expand it to accommodate males and females separately.
The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 resulted in the building of the Uxbridge Union Workhouse on the site in around 1838.
Middlesex County Council took charge of the Uxbridge Union buildings in 1930 and began development into the Hillingdon Institution, an acute hospital.
Rapid progress was made and the hospital was significantly enlarged in 1932. This included replacing the wooden floors with concrete ones, the wooden ones being too weak to cope with the weight of an operating theatre table and equipment.
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