West Middlesex University Hospital

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West Middlesex University Hospital
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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West Middlesex Hospital in 2014 with picketers from the Royal College of Midwives.
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Location within Hounslow
Geography
LocationTwickenham Road, Isleworth, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°28′25″N0°19′33″W / 51.4736°N 0.3257°W / 51.4736; -0.3257
Organisation
Care system NHS England
Type Teaching
Affiliated university Imperial College London
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
Bedsc.400
History
Opened1894, current hospital 2003
Links
Website www.chelwest.nhs.uk
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West Middlesex University Hospital (WMUH) is an acute NHS hospital in Isleworth, West London, operated by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It is a teaching hospital of Imperial College School of Medicine and a designated academic health science partner (Imperial College Academic Health Sciences Partnership). [1] West Middlesex University Hospital serves patients in the London Boroughs of Hounslow, Richmond upon Thames and Ealing. The hospital has over 400 beds and provides a full range of clinical services including accident and emergency, acute medicine, care of the elderly, surgery and maternity.

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History

In 1894, the Brentford Board of Guardians bought a property at Isleworth from Lord Warkworth to accommodate an infirmary for the local workhouse. [2] The hospital opened by Princess Mary of Teck as the Brentford Workhouse Infirmary in October 1896. [2] It became known as the West Middlesex Hospital in 1920 and the West Middlesex County Hospital in 1931. [2] A new maternity department was opened by Queen Mary as the Queen Mary Maternity Wing in 1932. [2] Following bombing during the World War II, the Queen Mary Maternity Wing was repaired and re-opened by the Duchess of Gloucester in 1960. [2] It became the West Middlesex University Hospital in 1991. [2]

An extensive redevelopment of the site was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2001. [3] The works, which were carried out by Bouygues at a cost of £55 million, were completed in 2003. [3]

In December 2011, West Middlesex University Hospital was awarded full accreditation by UNICEF as a Baby Friendly hospital, the first London hospital to achieve this award. [4] In September 2012 the trust concluded that it was not viable for it to apply for NHS Foundation Trust status and decided to seek a potential partner. [5] On 1 September 2015, West Middlesex University Hospital became part of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. [6]

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