Goodmayes Hospital is a mental health facility in

Goodmayes Goodmayes is a district of Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge, England. It is situated eleven miles north-east of Charing Cross, and forms part of both the Romford and Ilford post towns. Historically part of Essex, it was part of the Muni ...

in the

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. It is managed by the

North East London NHS Foundation Trust North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) is an NHS foundation trust which provides mental and community health services. It runs Foxglove Ward, Goodmayes Hospital and Sunflowers Court in Ilford, Phoenix House in Basildon, Heronwood & Galle ...

History

The site selected had previously been occupied by Blue House Farm. The hospital, which was designed by Lewis Angell using a Compact Arrow layout and built by Leslie and Co, opened as the West Ham Borough Asylum in August 1901. It became West Ham Mental Hospital in 1918 and a major expansion of the hospital was completed in February 1934. Dr James Harvey Cuthbert, who served as the hospital superintendent, was a pioneer of

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in the late 1930s. The hospital, which was badly bombed during the

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, joined the

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as Goodmayes Hospital in 1948. Part of the site was released in the early 1990s to allow the King George Hospital to be built.

Teaching

The hospital provides clinical placements in psychiatry for medical students from

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Hospital Radio

From 1975 until 2016 The Goodmayes Hospital Radio Association (GHR) broadcast to patients at Goodmayes Hospital, with a remit of informing, including and entertainment patients. Between 1993 and 2007 the station began broadcasting to neighbouring

King George Hospital, London King George Hospital is an NHS hospital located on Barley Lane in the Goodmayes area of Ilford, in the London Borough of Redbridge. The hospital is part of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. History The hospital ...

. In 2007 the studio was relocated to a larger room at Goodmayes Hospital, where the link to King Georges was lost. In 2004 the station used an on-air call sign of The Jumbo Sound. The station celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2015. In November 2015 the studio suffered major equipment damage following a radiator bursting and its subsequent humidity forcing the station off-air. In April 2016 Goodmayes Hospital Radio closed and merged with Bedrock Radio. Bedrock Radio is a registered charity. The radio service is provided to the wards of Goodmayes Hospital by dedicated speakers in communal areas (lounges and dining rooms). Across the wider

sites patients listen through NHS WiFi.

Transport

The hospital is served by

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route EL3. The nearest railway stations are

on the

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, with services provided by the

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, and Newbury Park on the Central line.

References

External links

Trust website

Goodmayes Hospital on the NHS website

Inspection reports
from the

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