St George's Hospital | |
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St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | |
Geography | |
Location | Blackshaw Road London SW17 0QT |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Hospital type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | St George's, University of London |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | >1300 |
History | |
Founded | 1733 (Hyde Park Corner), 1976 (current site) |
Links | |
Website | http://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk |
Other links | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
St George’s Hospital is a teaching hospital in Tooting, London. Founded in 1733, it is one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals. It is run by the St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It shares its main hospital site in Tooting in the London Borough of Wandsworth, with the St George's, University of London which trains NHS staff and carries out advanced medical research.
The hospital has around 1,300 beds and most general tertiary care such as accident and emergency, maternity services and care for older people and children. However, as a major acute hospital, St George's Hospital also offers specialist care for the more complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It is also home to one of four major trauma centres and one of eight hyper-acute stroke units for London.
St George's Hospital also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in the South East of England, for specialities such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide endoscopy training service.