St Leonard's Hospital | |
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Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | |
Geography | |
Location | Hoxton, London, England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°32′00″N0°04′39″W / 51.5333°N 0.0774°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS England |
History | |
Opened | 1777 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in England |
St Leonard's Hospital is a hospital in Hoxton, London.
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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