Mile End Hospital is a

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in the

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area of the

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in England. It is managed by

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History

The hospital was established as the infirmary for the local workhouse in 1859. A training school for nurses was added in 1892. The facility was rebuilt as the Mile End Old Town Infirmary in 1883 and then served as a military hospital during the

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. After becoming Mile End Hospital in 1930, it joined the National Health Service in 1948. It became the Royal London Hospital (Mile End) in 1990 but reverted to being called Mile End Hospital in 1994, and was taken under the management of

when it was set up in 2012.

Services

The hospital provides outpatient and community-based services, including diabetes, sexual health, rheumatology, radiology, physiotherapy, and children's services. Some eye services at the hospital are provided by

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, including

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and general

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. In 2021 the hospital opened an Early Diagnostic Centre to provide more capacity for endoscopy, ultrasound and CT scans, a joint project between three NHS trusts, Barking, Havering and Redbridge, Barts Health and

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Patient entertainment

Bedrock Radio (established circa 2002), provide a community health radio service for East London, South Essex and immediate surrounding areas. Bedrock Radio is a registered charity.

Transport

Mile End tube station Mile End is a London Underground station in Mile End, London. It is served by the Hammersmith & City, District and Central lines. This station features a cross-platform interchange in both directions, District and Hammersmith & City lines stop ...

and

Stepney Green tube station Stepney Green is a London Underground station located on Mile End Road in Stepney, London, United Kingdom. It is between Whitechapel and Mile End on the District line and the Hammersmith & City line, and is in Travelcard Zone 2. History The sta ...

are both within walking distance of the hospital, and

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Routes 25, 205, 309 and Night Route N205 pass the hospital on

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and Globe Road.

References

External links

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Mile End Hospital on the NHS website

Inspection reports
from the

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