Queen's Hospital
| Queen's Hospital | |
| Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Romford, Greater London, England, United Kingdom |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public NHS |
| Hospital type | District General |
| Affiliated university | Bart's and the London Medical School |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 939 |
| History | |
| Founded | December 2006 (replaced Harold Wood and Oldchurch) |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/home.php Trust |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Queen's Hospital is a hospital in Romford, in the London Borough of Havering, England. It was built on the site of the former Oldchurch Park, a short distance south of the town centre. Construction began in June 2003 and was completed in October 2006.
Queen's is the flagship hospital of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust and replaced both Harold Wood Hospital and Oldchurch Hospital when it opened in December 2006. It has a standard bed capacity of 939.
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[edit] Design
The hospital comprises four large circular buildings and a one-level building. It has a distinctive shape compared to other local NHS hospitals, such as King George Hospital in Goodmayes. The building takes up 8.5 hectares of the 12.5 hectares of land it is situated in. The hospital contains a coffee shop, a food court, vending machines and a shop. It has 939 beds and the ability to provide a further 60 if required.
There are five floors in the building. The wards are:
- Ground floor: A&E, CDU, AAU, Haematology, Radiotherapy
- 1st floor: Maternity, Coral, Tropical Lagoon, Day Surgery and Theatres
- 2nd floor: Sahara, Amber, Ocean and Pathology
- 3rd floor: Cornflower, Mandarin, Bluebell and Clementine
- 4th floor: Sky, Sunrise, Harvest and CCU
[edit] Location and transport
The hospital is located on Rom Valley Way, near to Romford Ice Arena and Romford town centre.
The London Buses routes 175, 193, 365 and 496 serve the hospital.[1] The nearest railway station is Romford, with mainline services to London Liverpool Street and East Anglia, and the nearest London Underground station is Elm Park, served by the District line.
[edit] Transfer and opening
As a consequence of Queen's opening, the nearby Oldchurch Hospital closed on 10 December 2006 and Harold Wood Hospital closed on 13 December 2006. Patients, wards and departments were successfully moved to the new hospital between 6 and 10 December 2006.
Queen's was fully operational from 20 December 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ Transport for London - Bus services from Queen's Hospital (PDF)
[edit] External links
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust - Queen's Hospital
