East Ham Memorial Hospital

Name :

East Ham Memorial Hospital

Address  :

Shrewsbury Road
Forest Gate

Town  :

London

State  :

Greater London

Country  :

UK

Post Code:

E7 8QR

Phone  :

020 8586 5000

Web URL  :

Not Available

Description

East Ham Memorial Hospital was founded as a voluntary hospital in 1902 Originally designed by Silvanus Trevail it was extended in 1914 and 1928 to provide 25 beds and was rebuilt in 1929 to designs by Mennie and Smith to provide 100 beds The Hospital became part of the NHS in 1948 and from 1963 was included in the Thames Group of Hospitals within the North East Metropolitan Hospital Board In 1974 it became part of Newham Health District and had at that time 142 beds It closed as an acute hospital being reopened by Newham Health Authority to provide 87 acute psychiatric and psychogeriatric beds in 1990 East Ham Memorial Hospital became part of City and East London Family and Community Health Services in 1994 and Newham Community Health Care Trust in 1995
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