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Hospital in England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
St Leonard's Hospital is a hospital in Hoxton, London.
St Leonard's Hospital | |
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Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | |
Geography | |
Location | Hoxton, London, England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51.5333°N 0.0774°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS England |
History | |
Opened | 1777 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
The hospital was founded as the infirmary for the St Leonard’s Shoreditch Workhouse in 1777.[1] It was known as St Leonard's Infirmary. The workhouse was rebuilt between 1863 and 1866 and the infirmary was rebuilt in 1872.[1] It had become known as St Leonard's Hospital by 1920 and came under the management of London County Council in 1930.[1] It was the first hospital to receive casualties during the Blitz and then joined the National Health Service in 1948.[1]
Although the hospital was the subject of a workers’ occupation aiming to keep the hospital open in July 1984,[2] it ceased to operate a general hospital later that year.[1] Nevertheless the building continues to provide services on behalf of Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.[3]
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