Queen Charlotte's Hospital
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| Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust |
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Hammersmith London, England, (UK) |
| Organisation | |
| Care System | Public NHS |
| Hospital Type | Specialist |
| Affiliated University | Imperial College London |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | No Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | Unknown |
| Speciality | Maternity, women's and children's services |
| History | |
| Founded | Unknown |
| Links | |
| Website | Imperial College NHS Trust, Queen Charlotte's Homepage |
| See also | Hospitals in England |
Queen Charlotte's Hospital is one of the oldest maternity hospitals in Europe, and until recently occupied a site on Goldhawk Road, Hammersmith, West London. It merged with the Chelsea Hospital for Women and is now based at the Hammersmith Hospital site in West London [1], and is now known as Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital. The hospital is part of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. It has a particular reputation for its fetal medicine services, based at the Centre for Fetal Care. The CFC has expertise in the management of complicated and monochorionic twin pregnancies. It also has a strong reputation for its reproductive medicine and gynaecological oncology services.
Queen Charlotte's Hospital is the base for the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the former Royal Postgraduate Medical School, which became part of Imperial College London.
It is a postgraduate teaching hospital, as well as being a major provider of maternity services to the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, with around 5000 births/year.
Actors Daniel Radcliffe , Mischa Barton and Dame Helen Mirren are among the many prominent people born at Queen Charlotte's.
