Several hospitals and former hospitals are known formally or informally as Royal Hospital or simply The Royal, indicating some form of

royal patronage Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another. In the history of art, arts patronage refers to the support that kings, popes, and the wealthy have provided to artists su ...

, such as sponsorship, usage, or creation by

royal charter A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, but s ...

Australia

Melbourne

* Royal Children's Hospital, a paediatric hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, founded in 1870, moving to Flemington Road in 1963 * The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne, a dental hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, founded in 1890, gaining royal patronage in 1969, and moving to Swanston Street in 2003 *

Royal Melbourne Hospital The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), located in Parkville, Victoria, an inner suburb of Melbourne, is one of Australia's leading public hospitals. It is a major teaching hospital for tertiary health care with a reputation in clinical research. Th ...

, a general hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, founded in 1848, gaining royal patronage in 1935, moving to Parkville in 1944 * Royal Park Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, founded in 1907 and closed in 1999 *

Royal Women's Hospital The Royal Women's Hospital, located in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville, is Australia's oldest specialist women's hospital. It offers a full range of services in maternity, gynaecology, neonatal care, women's cancers and women's health. It als ...

, a specialist women's hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, founded in 1856, gaining royal patronage in 1954, and relocating to Parkville in 2008 * Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, a specialist public teaching hospital founded in 1863

Sydney

Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children The Children's Hospital at Westmead (formerly Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children) is a children's hospital in Western Sydney. The hospital was founded in 1880 as "The Sydney Hospital for Sick Children". Its name was changed to the "Royal Alex ...

, a paediatric teaching hospital in Sydney, New South Wales, founded in 1880, moving to Westmead in 1995 *

Royal Hospital for Women The Royal Hospital for Women (RHW) is a specialist hospital for women and babies located in the suburb of Randwick in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Royal Hospital for Women shares the Randwick Hospitals' Campus site with the Prince of ...

, a hospital for women and babies in Sydney, New South Wales, founded in 1820, and granted royal patronage by King Edward VII in 1904 *

Royal North Shore Hospital The Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) is a major public teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, located in St Leonards. It serves as a teaching hospital for Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney and has over 600 beds. It is the prin ...

, a teaching hospital in Sydney, New South Wales, founded in 1885, moving to St Leonards in 1905 *

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (abbreviated RPAH or RPA) is a major public teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Missenden Road in Camperdown. It is a teaching hospital of the Central Clinical School of the Sydney Medical School a ...

, a teaching hospital in Sydney, New South Wales, founded in 1882, named after Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh *

Royal South Sydney Hospital Royal South Sydney Hospital was a hospital in the southern Sydney suburb of Zetland, New South Wales, Australia. Its location is the present-day 3 Joynton Avenue, Zetland. History Initial efforts to open a hospital in South Sydney began in 19 ...

, a general hospital in Sydney, New South Wales, founded in 1913, gaining royal patronage in 1917, and closing in 2003

Tasmania

Royal Derwent Hospital The Royal Derwent Hospital, (originally New Norfolk Insane Asylum and later Lachlan Park) was built to house mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons in 1827, soon after the separation of Van Diemens Land from New South Wales. Its name was ...

, an asylum for the insane and handicapped in Derwent, Tasmania, founded in 1827, gaining royal patronage in 1967, and closing in 2000 *

Royal Hobart Hospital The Royal Hobart Hospital is a public hospital in the Hobart CBD, Tasmania, Australia. The hospital also functions as a teaching hospital in co-operation with the University of Tasmania. The hospital's research facilities are known as the Roya ...

, a teaching hospital in Hobart, Tasmania, founded in 1804

Other

Royal Adelaide Hospital The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), colloquially known by its initials or pronounced as "the Rah", is South Australia's largest hospital, owned by the state government as part of Australia's public health care system. The RAH provides tertiary hea ...

, a teaching hospital in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1840, moved to a new state of the art facility in 2017. *

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) is a tertiary public hospital located in Herston, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is operated by Metro North Health, part of the Queensland Health network. The hospital has 929 b ...

, a teaching hospital in Brisbane, Queensland *

Royal Canberra Hospital Royal Canberra Hospital was the first hospital in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It opened in 1914 (a year after the planned city was opened) on the Acton Peninsula, as the Canberra Community Hospital. It grew to become the major hospital in ...

, a hospital in Canberra, opened in 1914, closed in 1991 and demolished in 1997 *

Royal Darwin Hospital Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) is a 360-bed Australian teaching hospital located in Tiwi, Northern Territory, a northern suburb of the Territory capital Darwin. It is part of the Top End Health Service, which covers an area of . RDH is the only ...

, a teaching hospital in Darwin, Northern Territory, founded in 1874, gaining royal patronage in 1984 *

Royal Newcastle Hospital The Royal Newcastle Hospital was, for nearly 190 years, the main hospital in the Australian city of Newcastle. The hospital stood on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Hunter River port of Newcastle, New South Wales, from 1817 until 200 ...

, a former general hospital in Newcastle, New South Wales, founded in 1817 and closed in 2007 * Royal Perth Hospital, a teaching hospital in Perth, Western Australia, founded in 1830, and given royal patronage in 1946

Canada

Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton The Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) is a large and long serving hospital in the Canadian province of Alberta. Operated by Alberta Health Services and located north of Edmonton's downtown core, the Royal Alexandra serves a diverse community stretchi ...

, a general hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, founded in 1899 *

Royal Columbian Hospital Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) is the oldest hospital in British Columbia and one of the busiest in the Fraser Health Authority. It is located in New Westminster overlooking the Fraser River and is the only hospital in the Lower Mainland that is ...

, a tertiary hospital in New Westminster, British Columbia, founded in 1862 *

Royal Jubilee Hospital Royal Jubilee Hospital is a 500-bed general hospital in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada located about east of the city centre, in the Jubilee neighbourhood (itself named after the hospital). Overview Its name commemorates the Golden Jubilee ...

, a general hospital in Victoria, British Columbia, founded in 1890 and named in honour of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887 *

Royal University Hospital Royal University Hospital, often abbreviated RUH, is one of four hospitals in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It is located on the University of Saskatchewan campus. RUH is a teaching hospital and closely tied to the College of Medicine within the uni ...

, a teaching hospital in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, part of the University of Saskatchewan, founded in 1955 and given royal patronage by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 *

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre The Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (formerly the Royal Victoria Hospital) is an Advanced Level II facility with stroke designation, serving the needs of the population of the City of Barrie and the surrounding area. The facility is located ...

, a general hospital in Barrie, Ontario, founded in 1891 *

Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal The Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) (french: Hôpital Royal Victoria), colloquially known as the "Royal Vic" or "The Vic", is a hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It forms the biggest base hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), ...

, a teaching hospital in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1893

United Kingdom

England

Midlands

* Chesterfield Royal Hospital, a general hospital with A&E in Chesterfield, Derbyshire *

Devonshire Royal Hospital The Devonshire Royal Hospital was established as the Devonshire Hospital in 1859 in Buxton, Derbyshire by the Buxton Bath Charity for the treatment of the poor. The hospital was built in the converted stable block of The Crescent. The building ...

, a former a hospital for the poor founded in 1859 in Buxton, Derbyshire. It was built in 1780 as a stable block, and refurbished in 2003 for use as a campus building of the University of Derby *

Leicester Royal Infirmary The Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) is a National Health Service hospital in Leicester, England. It is located to the south-west of the city centre. It has an accident and emergency department and is managed by of the University Hospitals of ...

Princess Royal Hospital, Telford The Princess Royal Hospital is a teaching hospital located in Apley Castle, Telford, England. It forms the Telford site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and serves patients in Telford and Wrekin, the rest of Shropshire, and Powy ...

, a general hospital in Telford, Shropshire *

Royal Derby Hospital Royal Derby Hospital is one of two teaching hospitals in the city of Derby, the other being the London Road Community Hospital. It is managed by the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. History The original hospital o ...

, a teaching hospital in Derby *

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (ROH) is a National Health Service specialist orthopaedic hospital situated in Northfield, Birmingham, England. The ROH specialises in bone and joint problems. History The hospital's origins in a new convalescent ...

, a specialist orthopaedic hospital in Birmingham, founded in 1909 *

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is a teaching hospital in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It forms the Shrewsbury site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, serving patients from Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin) and Powys ...

, a teaching hospital in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, founded in 197 *

Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton The Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton was an acute general hospital in the All Saints inner city area of Wolverhampton. History The hospital was designed by Edward Banks in the classical style and built between 1846 and 1849 on land acquired from ...

, an acute general hospital, founded in 1846

Northern England

Royal Bolton Hospital The Royal Bolton Hospital is an acute general hospital in Farnworth, Greater Manchester. It is managed by the Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital was established as a fever hospital and built adjacent to the 'Fishpool Workhouse' in ...

, a general hospital in Farnworth, Greater Manchester *

Royal Hallamshire Hospital The Royal Hallamshire Hospital is a general and teaching hospital located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is in the city's West End, facing Glossop Road and close to the main campus of University of Sheffield and the Collegiate Cresc ...

, a teaching hospital in Sheffield, founded in 1979 *

Royal Liverpool University Hospital The Royal Liverpool University Hospital (RLUH) is a major teaching and research hospital located in the city of Liverpool, England. It is the largest and busiest hospital in Merseyside and Cheshire, and has the largest emergency department of i ...

, a teaching hospital in Liverpool, part of the University of Liverpool, founded in 1978 *

Royal Oldham Hospital The Royal Oldham Hospital is a NHS hospital in the Coldhurst area of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It is managed by the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital has its own volunteer-run radio station, Radio Cavell, whic ...

, a general hospital in Oldham, Greater Manchester, founded in 1870 as a workhouse, gaining royal patronage when rebuilt in 1989 *

Sheffield Royal Hospital The Royal Hospital was an acute general hospital in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. It covered most of the block bounded to the north by West Street, to the east by Westfield Terrace, to the south by Devonshire Street and to the west by Eldon Street. ...

, a former hospital in Sheffield, opened in 1832 as a dispensary, converted to a hospital in 1857, and closed and demolished in 1978 *

Bradford Royal Infirmary Bradford Royal Infirmary is a large teaching hospital in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, and is operated by the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The infirmary is affiliated with the Leeds School of Medicine The School ...

Royal Preston Hospital The Royal Preston Hospital or RPH, is an acute general hospital in Preston, Lancashire, England. It is managed by the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital was built in stages between 1975 and 1983; it was off ...

Salford Royal Hospital Salford Royal Hospital (formerly known as Hope Hospital) is a large university teaching hospital in Pendleton, Salford, England operated by Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. It is one of the top-performing hospitals in the United King ...

, a teaching hospital based in the Hope area of Pendleton, (M6), Salford

=Manchester

= *

Cheadle Royal Hospital Cheadle Royal Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Heald Green, Greater Manchester, England, built between 1848 and 1849. The main building is Grade II listed. History The hospital was founded at a time when only two other similar institutions ...

, a psychiatric hospital in the Cheadle Royal area of Cheadle, Greater Manchester, founded in 1848 as the Manchester Royal Lunatic Asylum *

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital Manchester Royal Eye Hospital is an ophthalmic hospital in Oxford Road, Manchester, England, managed by the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. It is on the same site as Manchester Royal Infirmary and St Mary's Hospital for Women and C ...

, an ophthalmic hospital in Manchester, founded in 1814, and moved to the Manchester Royal Infirmary site in 1886 *

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is a children's hospital in Oxford Road, Manchester, England. The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is managed by the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. History A new hospital was required to ...

, a former paediatric hospital in Pendlebury, near Manchester, founded in 1829, granted royal patronage in 1923, and closed in 2009

South West

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, also known as the Bristol Children's Hospital, is a Children's hospital, paediatric hospital in Bristol and the only paediatric major trauma centre in South West England. The hospital is part of the Universit ...

, a paediatric hospital in Bristol, founded in 2001 *

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Gloucestershire Royal Hospital is an acute District General Hospital on the Great Western Road in Gloucester operated by the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. History In 1912, construction on a 149-bed infirmary started on Great Wes ...

, a general hospital in Gloucester, founded in 1914 *

Royal Cornwall Hospital The Royal Cornwall Hospital, formerly and still commonly known as the Treliske Hospital, is a medium-sized teaching hospital in Treliske, on the outskirts of Truro, Cornwall, England. The hospital provides training services for the University of ...

, a teaching hospital in Treliske, Truro, Cornwall *

Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (commonly referred to as RD&E), and with a main site sometimes known as Wonford Hospital, is a large teaching hospital situated in Exeter, Devon, England, and is run by the Royal Devon University Healthcare N ...

, a teaching hospital in Exeter, Devon *

Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases is a small, specialist NHS hospital on the Royal United Hospital (RUH) site in the northwestern outskirts of Bath, England. The hospital was founded in 1738 as a general hospital for the poor ...

, a specialist rheumatology hospital in Bath, Somerset, founded in 1742 *

Royal United Hospital The Royal United Hospital (RUH) is a major acute-care hospital in the Weston suburb of Bath, England, which lies approximately west of the city centre. The hospital has 565 beds and occupies a site. It is the area's major accident and emergenc ...

, an acute hospital in Bath, Somerset, founded in 1826, given royal patronage by Queen Victoria in 1864, and moving to Combe Park in 1932

South East

=Hampshire

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Royal Hampshire County Hospital The Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester is a District General Hospital serving much of central Hampshire. It is owned and run by the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It is commonly abbreviated to RHCH, or alternatively, Winc ...

, a general hospital in Winchester, Hampshire, founded in 1736, and rebuilt with royal patronage from Queen Victoria in 1868 * Royal Hospital Haslar, a former military hospital in Gosport, Hampshire, founded in 1753 and closed in 2009 * Royal Portsmouth Hospital, a former hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire, closed in 1978 *

Royal South Hants Hospital The Royal South Hants Hospital, known locally as "The RSH", is a community hospital in Southampton. It is managed by NHS Property Services. History The hospital was founded as a voluntary hospital in 1835 and moved into its first premises in ...

, an acute hospital in Southampton, Hampshire, founded in 1835

=London

= * Bethlem Royal Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Beckenham, Bromley, founded in 1330 *

Greenwich Hospital, London Greenwich Hospital was a permanent home for retired sailors of the Royal Navy, which operated from 1692 to 1869. Its buildings, in Greenwich, London, were later used by the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and the University of Greenwich, and ar ...

, formerly the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich *

Princess Royal University Hospital The Princess Royal University Hospital or PRUH is a large acute district general hospital situated in Locksbottom, near Farnborough, in the London Borough of Bromley. It is managed by King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. History The ho ...

, a general hospital in Farnborough, Bromley, founded in 2003 *

Royal Brompton Hospital Royal Brompton Hospital is the largest specialist heart and lung medical centre in the United Kingdom. It is managed by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. History Consumption in the 19th Century In the 19th century, consumption was a c ...

, a specialist hospital in Brompton, Kensington, founded in 1847 * Royal Free Hospital, a teaching hospital in Hampstead, founded in 1828, given royal patronage by Queen Victoria in 1837, and moving to Pond Street in the 1970s *

Royal Hospital Chelsea The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a retirement home and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army. Founded as an almshouse, the ancient sense of the word "hospital", it is a site located on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea. It is an ...

, a retirement home and nursing home for British soldiers, the 'Chelsea Pensioners', founded by King Charles II in 1681 * Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, an independent specialist charitable hospital in Putney, Wandsworth, founded in 1854 and receiving royal patronage in 1919 *

Royal London Hospital The Royal London Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is part of Barts Health NHS Trust. It provides district general hospital services for the City of London and Tower Hamlets and s ...

, a teaching hospital in Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, founded in 1740, moving to Whitechapel in 1757 *

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine (formerly the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital) is a specialist alternative medicine hospital located in London, England and a part of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ...

, an NHS teaching and complementary medicine hospital in Bloomsbury, Camden, founded in 1849, moving to Great Ormond street in 1859, gaining royal patronage from George VI *

Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital (the RNTNEH) was a health facility on Gray's Inn Road in London. It closed in October 2019 when services transferred to the new Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals on Huntley Street, L ...

, a specialist otolaryngology hospital in Gray's Inn Road, Camden, founded in the 1870s *

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) is a specialist orthopaedic hospital located in the London Borough of Harrow, United Kingdom, and a part of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. It provides the most comprehensive range of ...

, a specialist orthopaedic hospital in Stanmore, Harrow, and central London, founded in 1909 *

Royal Northern Hospital The Royal Northern Hospital was a general hospital on Holloway Road, London N7, near Tollington Way. It had inpatient, outpatient, accident and emergency facilities and was also a centre for postgraduate education. History The hospital was foun ...

, a former general hospital in Holloway Road, founded in 1888, receiving royal patronage in 1921, and being closed and demolished in the mid-1990s

=Surrey

= * Royal Earlswood Hospital, a former asylum for the mentally ill in Redhill, Surrey, built in 1853, and given royal patronage by

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ...

in 1862, closed in 1997 and redeveloped as housing as Royal Earlswood Park *

Royal Surrey County Hospital The Royal Surrey County Hospital (RSCH) is a 520-bed District General Hospital, located on the fringe of Guildford, run by the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in a facility at Farnham Road which opened ...

, a general hospital in Guildford, Surrey

=Sussex

= *

Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath The Princess Royal Hospital, also known as PRH, is an acute, teaching, general hospital located in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England. It is the main hospital in the Mid Sussex district and is part of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundatio ...

, a general hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, founded as an asylum in 1859 and renamed the Princess Royal in the 1980s *

Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital The Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital is a children's hospital located within the grounds of the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton on the south coast of England. It provides outpatient services, inpatient facilities, intensive care an ...

, a paediatric hospital in Brighton, East Sussex, founded in 1868, moving to Dyke Road in 1881, moving into new premises in the grounds of Royal Sussex County Hospital in 2007 *

Royal Sussex County Hospital The Royal Sussex County Hospital is an acute teaching hospital in Brighton, England. Together with the Princess Royal Hospital, it is administered by the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. The services provided at the hospital in ...

, an acute teaching hospital in Brighton East Sussex, founded in 1828, gaining royal patronage in 1911

=Other

= *

Royal Berkshire Hospital The Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH) is a large NHS hospital in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It provides acute hospital services to the residents of the western and central portions of Berkshire, and is managed by the R ...

, an acute hospital in Reading, Berkshire, founded in 1839, sponsored by King William IV *

Royal Bournemouth Hospital The Royal Bournemouth Hospital is an acute general hospital in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is managed by the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital was managed by The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals ...

, an acute general hospital in Bournemouth, Dorset, founded in 1992 * Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital, a private specialist hospital in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, founded in 1832, gaining royal patronage after treating a young Edward VII

East of England

=Cambridgeshire

= *

Royal Papworth Hospital Royal Papworth Hospital is a specialist heart and lung hospital, located on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridgeshire, England. The Hospital is run by Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital is a world-leading cardiot ...

, a specialist heart and lung hospital, located on the

Cambridge Biomedical Campus The Cambridge Biomedical Campus is the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe. The site is located at the southern end of Hills Road in Cambridge, England. Over 20,000 people work at the site, which is home to Cambridge ...

in Cambridge, England, originally founded in

Papworth Everard Papworth Everard is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies ten miles west of Cambridge and six miles south of Huntingdon. Running through its centre is Ermine Street, the old North Road (now the A1198) and the Roman highway that for ...

, Huntingdonshire in 1918, granted the designation "Royal" by Queen Elizabeth II in 2017, and reopened by the Queen in 2019 in Cambridge.

Northern Ireland

* Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, a paediatric hospital in Belfast *

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast The Royal Victoria Hospital commonly known as "the Royal", the "RVH" or "the Royal Belfast", is a hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. The hospital has a Regional Virus Centre, which ...

, a general hospital in Belfast, founded in 1873

Scotland

Aberdeen

Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital The Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital or RACH is a children's hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is situated on the Foresterhill site, with the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Aberdeen Maternity Hospital and provides services to children across ...

, a paediatric hospital in Aberdeen, founded in 1929, rebuilt in 2004 *

Royal Cornhill Hospital Royal Cornhill Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Westburn Road, Aberdeen, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian. History The hospital was founded as the Aberdeen Lunatic Asylum in 1800. The city's dancing master, Francis Peacock, donated ...

, a psychiatric hospital in Aberdeen, founded in 1880

Glasgow

Gartnavel Royal Hospital Gartnavel Royal Hospital is a mental health facility based in the west end of Glasgow, Scotland. It provides inpatient psychiatric care for the population of the West of the City. It used to house the regional adolescent psychiatric unit but this ...

, a mental health centre in Glasgow, founded in 1843 *

Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley The Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) is the main hospital in Paisley serving a large catchment area stretching all the way to Oban and Argyll. The hospital is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. History The hospital has its origins in a ...

, a general hospital in Paisley, Glasgow, founded in 1986, opened by Princess Alexandra *

Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow The Royal Hospital for Children is a 256-bed hospital specialising in paediatric healthcare for children and young people up to the age of their 16th birthday. The hospital is part of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and is built on the s ...

, a paediatric hospital in Glasgow, founded in 1882, given royal patronage in 1889

Edinburgh

Royal Edinburgh Hospital The Royal Edinburgh Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Morningside Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian. History The "foundational myth" has it that the hospital was founded by Dr Andrew Duncan, following the death of ...

, a psychiatric hospital in Edinburgh, founded in the early 19th century *

Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh The Royal Hospital for Sick Children was a hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, specialising in paediatric healthcare. Locally, it was commonly referred to simply as the "Sick Kids". The hospital provided emergency care for children from birth to ...

, a paediatric hospital in Edinburgh, founded in 1860, and given royal patronage in 1863 *

Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh The Royal Victoria Hospital was a health facility at Craigleith Road in the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was formerly the main Medicine for the Older Adult assessment and rehabilitation hospital for the north of Edinburgh. It closed in ...

, a geriatric/rehabilitation hospital in Edinburgh

Other

Inverclyde Royal Hospital Inverclyde Royal Hospital is a district general hospital in Greenock which serves a population area of 125,000 consisting of Inverclyde (including Greenock), Largs, Isle of Bute and Cowal Peninsula. Inverclyde Royal Hospital is one of three ma ...

, a general hospital in Greenock opened in 1979 * Sunnyside Royal Hospital, psychiatric hospital in Hillside, Angus, founded in 1781 *

Forth Valley Royal Hospital Forth Valley Royal Hospital is a hospital located in Larbert, Scotland. With 860 inpatient beds, 25 wards, and 16 operating theatres, it was Scotland's largest ever NHS construction project at the time but has been surpassed by th ...

, a general hospital in Larbert opened in 2011 to replace both Stirling Royal Infirmary and Falkirk Royal Infirmary; after the conclusion of the transfer of patients and services to the new hospital the old sites were redeveloped and new community hospitals were opened on both the previous sites

Wales

Royal Glamorgan Hospital The Royal Glamorgan Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg), is a District General Hospital in Ynysmaerdy, Talbot Green, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. History The hospital wa ...

, a general hospital in Talbot Green founded in 2000 *

Royal Gwent Hospital The Royal Gwent Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Brenhinol Gwent) is a local general hospital in the city of Newport. It is managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Since 2020, the hospital no longer has a full Emergency Department, and redirec ...

, a general hospital in Newport founded as the Newport Dispensary in 1836, moving to Cardiff Road in 1901 and gaining royal patronage with its current title in 1913

Republic of Ireland

Dublin

Royal City of Dublin Hospital The Royal City of Dublin Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Ríoga Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) was a health facility on Baggot Street, Dublin, Ireland. History The hospital was first established by a group of doctors from the Royal College of Surgeons i ...

, a hospital in Dublin founded in 1832, and gaining royal patronage in 1900 *

Royal Hospital, Donnybrook The Royal Hospital, Donnybrook ( ga, Ospidéal Ríoga, Domhnach Broc) is a hospital in Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1743. It was originally set up as a "hospital for incurables" to provide sufferers with food, shelter and relief from t ...

, a former hospital in Dublin, founded in 1743 as a hospital for incurables, then for venereal disease sufferers from 1792, and closed and demolished in 1949 *

Royal Hospital Kilmainham The Royal Hospital Kilmainham ( ga, Ospidéal Ríochta Chill Mhaighneann) in Kilmainham, Dublin, is a former 17th-century hospital at Kilmainham in Ireland. The structure now houses the Irish Museum of Modern Art. History A priory, founded in 11 ...

in Dublin, a 1684 built retirement home for soldiers, restored in 1984 as the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) *

Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital (also known as The Eye and Ear) ( ga, Ospidéal Ríoga Victoria Súl agus Cluas) is a public teaching hospital in Dublin, Ireland. The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin was founded in 1895 and ...

, a specialist ophthalmology and otolaryngology teaching hospital in Dublin, founded in 1897

Australia

Melbourne

Sydney

Tasmania

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=Manchester

South West

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=Hampshire

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=Cambridgeshire

Northern Ireland

Scotland

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Glasgow

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Other

Wales

Republic of Ireland

Dublin

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