Greenwich District Hospital

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Greenwich District Hospital
Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust
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Greenwich District Hospital just prior to demolition
Greenwich District Hospital is located in Royal Borough of Greenwich
Greenwich District Hospital
Location within the Royal Borough of Greenwich
Geography
LocationVanbrugh Hill, Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom
CoordinatesCoordinates: 51°29′07″N 0°0′33″E / 51.48528°N 0.00917°E / 51.48528; 0.00917
Organisation
Care systemNHS England
TypeDistrict General
Services
Emergency departmentYes Accident & Emergency
Beds650
History
Opened1970
Closed2001
Links
ListsHospitals in England

Greenwich District Hospital was an acute district general hospital situated in the Maze Hill district of Greenwich, London. It was built in the 1960s on the site of St Alfege's Hospital, Greenwich.

History[]

The hospital had its origins in St Alfege's Hospital in Greenwich which by the 1960s was in need of replacement.[1] In order to build a hospital with a large enough capacity for the requirements of the local population (up to 800 beds) on a small site (less than 8 acres), a single large building was designed - Pevsner described it as "an unusually large enterprise to be undertaken by the Department of Health and Social Security (chief architect: W. E. Tatton Brown)".[2] The new hospital was fully open by 1972,[1] and it also absorbed services previously provided at the Miller General Hospital in west Greenwich, which finally closed in 1974.[3]

The wards were located around the outside of the building, to receive natural light, while other departments such as operating theatres and laboratories were situated in the centre. The engineering services were contained in gaps between the floor and ceiling of each pair of storeys, so that maintenance work could be carried out without disruption to the running of the clinical areas of the hospital. The interior design was based on large, open areas which maximised the use of the available space, and which could be altered to match changing demands. The entire hospital was ventilated artificially to improve air quality.[4]

The hospital closed in 2001, and its services were moved to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London. Some scenes from the film About A Boy, and the music video for Chain Reaction by the pop group Steps, were filmed in the closed hospital prior to its demolition in 2006.[4]

An adjacent health centre - described by Pevsner as "an ugly A-frame with forceful raking struts" has also since been demolished.[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Greenwich District Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (1983). Issue 25 of Buildings of England: London 2: South. Yale University Press. pp. 252–253. ISBN 9780300096514.
  3. ^ "Miller General Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Hospitals". Derelict London. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

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