Talk:King's College Hospital

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"Acute care facility" is such an Americanism. I've never heard that term used to describe English teaching hospitals. 90.252.190.223 (talk) 19:28, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have changed it. Thanks. Dormskirk (talk) 20:49, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I changed it, but got quickly reverted by a human bot for being an IP address. We never refer to hospitals as 'facilities'. It's the facility that is the Americanism, not the acute. I've changed it to 'acute hospital' as that is we generally call these kind of places. We use teaching hospital further down, but that would do as well. 90.252.190.223 (talk) 21:56, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think it is helpful to (say) King's College Hospital is a ... hospital. It is a tautology i.e. saying of the same thing twice over in different words. Dormskirk (talk) 22:36, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I can see your point but the American English is jarring. I've looked at University College Hospital and St George's Hospital and they both say "hospital is a teaching hospital', which is clumsy but feels more natural. 90.252.190.223 (talk) 01:08, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]