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Hospital

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
The Hospital for Sick Children
Great Ormond Street Hospital (colloquial name)
The Hospital for Children
Address
Great Ormond Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 3JH
Current Trust
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust (since 1994)
Foundation Year
1852
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
London (Teaching)
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Hospital for Sick Children
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Postgraduate Teaching
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
Special
District Authority (1974-1982)
Hospitals for Sick Children
Pre-1974 County
Middlesex/London
Post-1974 County
Greater London
Post-1996 County
Greater London

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Children
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: Children.

Other information

The hospital is linked in a special Health Authority with London University, the Institute of Child Health and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Hackney Road, London.

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1891 - 1947
    General
    1897 - 1947
    Ephemera
    1891 - 1891

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    Brief Guide: Hospital and Charity Annual Reports.
    At Repository: CAT: 0/234
    Annual Reports - Annual Report Collection SC/PPS/093/21,83

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    Record types

    Administrative
    1850 - 2001
    General
    1850 - 2001
    Finance
    1858 - 2001
    Estates
    1869 - 2001
    Nursing
    1854 - 2001
    Staff
    1852 - 2001
    Admission
    1852 - 1945
    Clinical
    1852 - 1974
    Ephemera
    1850 - 2001
    Pictorial
    1870 - 2001
    Private Papers
    1852 - 2001

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue, Computerised
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    C&P: Ward registers to 1974, patient case notes to 1938
    Records except for those with earlier final dates are held on the whole up to date