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Hospital

Royal Free Hospital

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Important information

Information about this hospital might be outdated.

Details

Previous Names
London General Institution for the Gratuitous Cure of Malignant Diseases (1828 - 1835)
The Free Hospital (1835 - 1837)
Address
Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG
Previous Locations
16, Greville Street, Hatton Garden, London (1828 - 1845)
Gray's Inn Road, London (1843 - 1973-79)
Current Trust
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust (since 1991)
Foundation Year
1828
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
London (Teaching)
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Royal Free
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North East Thames
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North East Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
North Camden (Teaching)
District Authority (Post-1982)
Hampstead
Pre-1974 County
London
Post-1974 County
Greater London
Post-1996 County
Greater London

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
General
Post-1948
Acute

Other information

Built on site of Hampstead General Hospital and North Western Fever Hospital. Queen Mary's (formerly maternity home) now geriatric wing. Coppetts Wood is isolation wing. Built in 1974. Archives Centre is offsite at 17 Lyndhurst Gardens, Hampstead NW3 5NU.

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1897 - 1946
    General
    1897 - 1946

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG)
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Details
    Brief Guide: Hospital and Charity Annual Reports.
    Annual Reports - Annual Report Collection SC/PPS/093/56,84

  • Royal Free Hospital Archives Centre

    Record types

    Administrative
    1828 - 1999
    General
    1828 - 1999
    Finance
    1848 - 1948
    Estates
    1859 - 1948
    Nursing
    1895 - 1989
    Staff
    1904 - 1976
    Admission
    1909 - 1938
    Clinical
    1890 - 1944
    Ephemera
    1830 - 1999
    Pictorial
    1880 - 1998

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR)
    Survival of nursing and staff records over dates indicated is patchy.
    Post 1944 patient records held in Royal Free Hospital.
    Medical Records Department; can be accessed by archivist.