For the hospital in Bend, Oregon, see St. Charles Medical Center – Bend.

St Charles' Hospital is a health facility in North Kensington, London. It is managed by the Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust.

History

The foundation stone for the hospital was laid in 1879 and it was officially opened by the Prince and Princess of Wales as the St Marylebone Union Infirmary in 1881.[1] A nurses' home was opened by Princess Christian in 1884.[1] The facility became the St Marylebone Hospital in 1923 and was renamed St Charles' Hospital in 1930 when it was taken over by the London County Council.[1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and continues to operate as the St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing.[2]

The main building is listed with grade II.[3]

Notable staff

References

  1. ^ a b c "St Charles' Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  2. ^ "St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing". NHS Choices. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. ^ Historic England. "St Charles' Hospital (1235251)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Workman killed by fall at Queen's Park Station". Kensington News and West London Times. 5 September 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 10 May 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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