Guy's Hospital

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Guy's Hospital
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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Guy's Hospital entrance with Boland House on the left and the Chapel on the right
Guy's Hospital
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Geography
LocationGreat Maze Pond, Southwark SE1 9RT, London, England
Organisation
Care system NHS England
Type Teaching
Affiliated university King's College London / KCLMS
Services
Emergency department No
Beds400 [1]
History
Opened1721;300 years ago (1721)
Links
Website www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk

Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in central London. It is part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and one of the institutions that comprise the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre.

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It is a large teaching hospital and is, with St Thomas' Hospital and King's College Hospital, the location of King's College London GKT School of Medical Education.

The hospital's Tower Wing (originally known as Guy's Tower) was, when built, the tallest hospital building in the world, standing at 148.65 metres (487.7 ft) with 34 floors. The tower was overtaken as the world's tallest healthcare-related building by The Belaire in New York City in 1988. As of June 2019, the Tower Wing, which remains one of the tallest buildings in London, is the world's fifth-tallest hospital building. [2]

History

The hospital dates from 1721, when it was founded by philanthropist Thomas Guy, who had made a fortune as a printer of Bibles and greatly increased it by speculating in the South Sea Bubble. [3] It was originally established as a hospital to treat "incurables" discharged from St Thomas' Hospital. Guy had been a Governor and benefactor of St Thomas' and his fellow Governors supported his intention by granting the south-side of St Thomas' Street for a peppercorn rent for 999 years. [4] Following his death in 1724, Thomas Guy was entombed at the hospital's chapel (also dating from the 18th century), in a tomb featuring a marble sculpture by John Bacon. [4]

The original buildings formed a courtyard facing St Thomas Street, comprising the hall on the east side and the chapel, Matron's House and Surgeon's House on the west-side. A bequest of £180,000 by William Hunt in 1829, one of the largest charitable bequests in England in historic terms, allowed for a further hundred beds to be accommodated. [4] Hunt's name was given to the southern expansion of the hospital buildings which took place in 1850. [4] Two inner quadrangles were divided by a cloister which was later restyled and dedicated to the hospital's members who fell in the First World War. The east side comprised the care wards and the 'counting house' with the governors 'Burfoot Court Room'. The north-side quadrangle is dominated by a statue of Lord Nuffield (1877–1963) who was the chairman of governors for many years and also a major benefactor. [5]

In 1974, the hospital added the 34-storey Guy's Tower and 29-storey Guy's House: this complex was designed by Watkins Gray. [6] The Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, which is dedicated to improving outcomes of conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injury, was opened by the Princess Royal in December 2004. [7]

In October 2005 children's departments moved to the Evelina London Children's Hospital in the grounds next to St Thomas's close to the Palace of Westminster. [8] A new cancer centre, designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, and built by Laing O'Rourke at a cost of £160 million, was completed in April 2016. [9]

Facilities

Tower Wing
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Tower Wing, after exterior refurbishment
Guy's Hospital
General information
StatusComplete
Location Southwark
Coordinates 51°30′12″N00°05′13″W / 51.50333°N 0.08694°W / 51.50333; -0.08694 Coordinates: 51°30′12″N00°05′13″W / 51.50333°N 0.08694°W / 51.50333; -0.08694
Current tenants Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Construction started1968
Construction stopped1974
Owner National Health Service
Height148.65 metres (487.7 ft)
Design and construction
ArchitectWatkins Gray

Medical services at the Guy's site are now concentrated in the buildings to the east of Great Maze Pond: these buildings, which are connected, are known as Tower Wing, Bermondsey Wing, Southwark Wing and Borough Wing. [10] The Cancer Centre is in a separate building just to the south. [10] To the west of the Great Maze Pond is Guy's Campus which forms part of King's College London. [10]

At 148.65 metres (487.7 ft) high, [11] Guy's Tower (now called the Tower Wing) regained its tallest hospital building in the world status in 2014. [12] It has since been surpassed by the Outpatient Center at the Houston Methodist Hospital, in Houston, USA at 156.05 metres (512.0 ft). [13]

Notable people who worked or studied at Guy's

Arms

Coat of arms of Guy's Hospital
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Notes
Granted 24 May 1725 to the Corporation for the Management and Disposition of the Charities of Thomas Guy of London. [15]
Crest
On a wreath of the colours a woman sitting accompanied with three children Proper habited Azure being the emblem of Charity.
Escutcheon
Sable on a chevron Or between three leopards' heads Argent each crowned with an Eastern crown of the second as many fleurs-de-lis Azure.
Supporters
On either side an angel Proper habited Argent the hair and wings Or each holding a book Proper the clasps Gold.
Motto
Dare Quam Accipere

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