Thorpe Coombe Hospital
| Thorpe Coombe Hospital | |
|---|---|
| North East London NHS Foundation Trust | |
 Thorpe Coombe Hospital | |
  Location within Waltham Forest | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Walthamstow, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°35′27″N 0°00′28″W / 51.5907°N 0.0079°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS England |
| Type | Mental health |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No Accident & Emergency |
| History | |
| Opened | 1929 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in England |
Thorpe Coombe Hospital is a psychiatric hospital and former maternity hospital in Walthamstow, north-east London, and part of North East London NHS Foundation Trust.
History
Walthamstow Borough Council acquired a mansion called North Bank which had been owned by Octavius Wigram for the purposes of establishing a maternity hospital in 1929.[1][2][3] The hospital was opened by Dame Janet Campbell, a leading physician, in April 1934.[3] As a maternity hospital it had circa 70 beds.[1] It joined the National Health Service in 1948.[3] It ceased maternity facilities in 1973 and was subsequently used as a nurses' home, then a treatment centre for Alzheimer's disease patients and latterly as a mental health facility.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "History: Thorpe Coombe Hospital". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Your Story: The Forest Group of Hospitals". BBC. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Thorpe Coombe Maternity Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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