Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital
| Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Stanmore, Greater London, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | University College London |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| Beds | 220 |
| Speciality | Orthopaedic Surgery |
| History | |
| Founded | 1905 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/ |
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (informally the RNOH) is a specialist orthopaedic hospital located in Greater London, United Kingdom and a part of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. It provides the most comprehensive range of neuro-musculoskeletal health care in the UK, including acute spinal injury, complex bone tumour treatment, orthopaedic medicine and specialist rehabilitation for chronic back pain. The RNOH is a major teaching centre and around 20% of orthopaedic surgeons in the UK receive training there.
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH), based in Brockley Hill, Stanmore and Bolsover Street, central London, is a National Centre of Excellence, which treats patients from across the UK, many of whom have been referred by other hospital consultants for second opinions or treatment of complex or rare conditions. Patients are also referred to the hospital from many other parts of the world.
The RNOH was founded in 1905 with the amalgamation of London's three specialist orthopaedic hospitals and can thus trace its history back to 1838.
The hospital is located on two sites. The main site, the 'country branch', is located in 112 green belt acres at Stanmore with the 'town branch' located on Bolsover Street, central London. The town branch was also located at 234 Great Portland Street until 1984.
During the First World War, the hospital became an emergency hospital for the military and in early 1918 also housed discharged disabled soldiers. King George V and Queen Mary visited the hospital on two occasions.
1920 saw the start of an hospital funds appeal, with the first annual fundraising day 'Buttercup Day' being launched by HRH the Duke of Gloucester, Patron of the RNOH.
In the 1930s the hospital became known as the leading centre for the treatment of poliomyelitis and tuberculosis and in 1936 the building of the Stanmore Cripples Training College was started.
The RNOH was at the forefront of significant advances in the treatment of orthopaedic conditions in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Advances in scientific investigations made the diagnosis of disabling conditions more accurate, and often at an earlier stage in the patients illness. This meant that patients for whom there would be no possible cure then had the opportunity to be relieved of their pain and deformity.
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