The Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children was based in

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in the

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. In 1996, the hospital became part of The Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, later renamed

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. In 1998, the services previously carried out by the hospital were transferred to the

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History

The site of the hospital laid in the ancient

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according to a map prepared in 1850 and 1870. By 1942, the site was in the

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. The hospital was formed in 1942 by the amalgamation of two institutions founded in the mid-

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. One of its origins lies in the Dispensary for Women and Children, founded in

in the East End of London by two

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sisters, Ellen and Mary Philips, in 1867. The following year it moved to premises in Hackney, re-focused on pediatrics, and was renamed the North Eastern Hospital for Children, opened by

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. The hospital continued to expand and a substantial new building was opened by

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in 1902. This organisation became the Queen's Hospital for Children in 1907. Scenes from the East London Hospital for Children

The other main origin of the 1942 hospital was the East London Hospital for Children, founded by the newly married couple Sarah Maud Heckford and Dr.

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in 1868. They had met while assisting patients during the cholera epidemic in 1866.

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, the first English female doctor, was a visiting physician there. In 1932 it was renamed the Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children. A new site, known as the Banstead Wood Country Hospital, opened in 1936. The Queen's Hospital for Children amalgamated with the Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children to form the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children in 1942. The

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site closed in 1963, the Bethnal Green site closed in 1996, and the Banstead site closed in 1998. Rydon Homes and

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started the demolition of the old buildings at Bethnal Green and the redevelopment of the site in 2014. A

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was discovered there in December 2014, containing newspapers, a catalogue of donors, a hymn sheet and a ribbon from the opening ceremony performed by Princess Beatrice in 1902. By August 2016, the redevelopment of the site was complete with 24 homes standing there.

Notable staff

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(1872-1962), RRC and bar, trained at

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in 1896 under

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,Luard; Kate Evelyn, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/5, 247; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London. before training her and undertaking general nurse training at Kings College Hospital. Luard served in the Second Anglo Boer War and

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, and authored two books about nursing in conflict.

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* {{authority control Defunct hospitals in London Defunct children's hospitals in the United Kingdom Bethnal Green Children's hospitals in London 1998 disestablishments in England

History

Notable staff

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