Homerton University Hospital

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The hospital has its origins in the Homerton Fever Hospital, which opened at the north of the current site in December 1870.{{cite web|url=https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/eastern.html|title=Eastern Hospital|publisher=Lost Hospitals of London|access-date=28 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/about-the-trust/our-history/eastern-hospital-1870-1982/|title=Eastern Hospital (1870 - 1982)|publisher=Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501154710/http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/about-the-trust/our-history/eastern-hospital-1870-1982/|access-date=28 May 2018|archive-date=1 May 2009}} A smallpox hospital, built on adjacent land, opened in February 1871. The two facilities merged as the Eastern Fever Hospital in 1884 and a new isolation block was built in 1935. The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948 as the Eastern Hospital and became increasingly focused on neurological patients before closing down in 1982.

Construction of the new Homerton Hospital began in 1982 and was completed in July 1986. The hospital was built at a cost of £20 million and was opened by the Princess Royal in March 1987.{{cite web|url=http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/about-the-trust/our-history/homerton-hospital-1986-present/|title=Homerton Hospital (1986 - present)|publisher=Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501154539/http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/about-the-trust/our-history/homerton-hospital-1986-present/|access-date=28 May 2018|archive-date=1 May 2009}}{{cite news|title=Princess Anne opens Homerton Hospital|date= 10 March 1987|publisher=Thames News}} As well as replacing the Eastern Hospital, the new hospital replaced the Mothers' Hospital Lower Clapton Road in Hackney, which closed in 1986, and the German Hospital on Ritson Road, which closed in 1987.{{cite web|url=http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/about-the-trust/our-history/|title=Our History|publisher=Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501130754/http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/about-the-trust/our-history/|access-date=28 May 2018|archive-date=1 May 2009}}

Clinical throughput increased further when the Hackney Hospital on Homerton High Street closed in 1995 and services were transferred to the current site.{{cite web|title=Hospitals|url=http://www.derelictlondon.com/hospitals.html|publisher=Derelict London|access-date=29 May 2018}}

The hospital was the designated hospital for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.{{cite web |title=Homerton permitted to use Olympic logo |url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/homerton-university-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust/homerton-permitted-to-use-olympic-logo/5027871.article |website=Health Service Journal |access-date=28 March 2020}}

The hospital services the East London borough of Hackney and also the City of London. Specialist care is provided in obstetrics, neonatology, fetal medicine, laparoscopic surgery, fertility, bariatric surgery, obesity surgery and neurorehabilitation.{{cite web|url=http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/our-services/|title=Our services|publisher=Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust|access-date=28 May 2018}}

The hospital directly employs 3500 staff. The hospital received "excellent" both for service quality and use of resources in the Care Quality Commission (CQC) ratings and top rating of 3 stars with the Healthcare Commission in 2009–10. It holds the level 2 NHS Litigation Authority rating for safety for both general and maternity services.{{cite web|url=http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/uploaded_files/About_the_Trust/Annual%20reports%20and%20plans/a39166_huh_ar_web.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009114010/http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/uploaded_files/About_the_Trust/Annual%20reports%20and%20plans/a39166_huh_ar_web.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-10-09 |title=Annual report and accounts 2009/10 |access-date=8 October 2010 }}

In October 2013 as a result of the Keogh Review the Trust was put into the highest risk category by the Care Quality Commission{{cite news|title=NHS Trusts put in risk categories - full list|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/nhs-trusts-put-in-risk-categories--full-list-8900971.html|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=Independent|date=24 October 2013}} however the first CQC report following rated the A&E dept as 'outstanding'.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cqc.org.uk/location/RQXM1|title=Homerton University Hospital|publisher=cqc.org.uk|access-date=20 January 2017}} In a 2020 report the CQC rated the hospital as outstanding overall.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/RQXM1|title=Homerton University Hospital|website=www.cqc.org.uk}}

The hospital serves as teaching hospital for medical students from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry as well as radiography students from City, University of London. It also provides post graduate training in all major specialities.{{cite web |title=Medicine MBBS 5 Years (A100) |url=https://www.qmul.ac.uk/smd/undergraduate/courses/a100/ |website=Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry |access-date=12 October 2019 |archive-date=12 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012171924/https://www.qmul.ac.uk/smd/undergraduate/courses/a100/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/education-and-training/|title=Education and training|publisher=Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501121824/http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/education-and-training/|access-date=28 May 2018|archive-date=1 May 2009}}

London Buses routes 26, 30, 236, 242, 276, 308, 394, 425, 488, N242 and W15 serve the hospital. The nearest railway station is Homerton on the North London Line of the London Overground.{{cite web |title=Finding us |url=https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/finding-us/ |website=Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |access-date=3 September 2023}}

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• [https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ Trust website]
• [https://www.nhs.uk/services/hospital/homerton-university-hospital/RQXM1 Homerton University Hospital] on the NHS website
• [https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/RQXM1 Inspection reports] from the Care Quality Commission

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