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About Chelsea & Westminster NHS
Foundation
Trust
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust runs two main hospitals:
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
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West Middlesex University Hospital
The Trust also offers a range of community based services, including award winning sexual health and
HIV clinics across London.
With 5,000 staff caring for nearly one million people locally, regionally, nationally and internationally,
they provide a range of specialist clinical services as well as general hospital services for people living
locally, which includes A&E and maternity at both hospital sites.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is a 430-bed teaching hospital and is often regarded as one of the
leading hospitals in the country. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital opened in 1993, bringing together
staff, services and equipment from five London hospitals.
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Westminster Hospital: founded as a voluntary hospital in a small house in Pimlico, London in
1719.
Westminster Children’s Hospital: built in 1907 as The Infant’s Hospital, the hospital pioneered
the treatment of malnutrition in infants.
West London Hospital: opened in 1860 the hospital was known from the early 1970s for its
women-centred maternity service.
St Mary Abbots Hospital: The hospital was founded in the late 19th century.
St Stephen's Hospital: a hospital has been on this site since 1664.
West Middlesex University Hospital
West Middlesex University Hospital has a long history of pioneering, innovative healthcare. It opened
in 1894 as the Brentford Workhouse Infirmary and became known as West Middlesex Hospital in
about 1920. In 2003, West Middlesex University Hospital opened its brand new main building
following a £50 million refurbishment and it is now a modern, compact hospital. This houses A&E,
critical care, operating theatres, clinical imaging, outpatients and patient suites.
The hospital is a teaching hospital of Imperial College School of Medicine and a member of the
Imperial College Academic Health Sciences Partnership.
Today it is at the heart of the local community—a modern, award-winning hospital with state of the
art facilities.
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