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Hospital

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital

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Important information

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Details

Previous Names
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital for the Cure of Club Foot, Lateral Curvature of the Spine, and all other Contractions and Deformities (by 1855 - 1886 at Least); National Orthopaedic Hospital (by 1866 - 1905)
City Orthopaedic Hospital
Address
56 Bolsover Street, London, W1P 8AQ
Previous Locations
234 Great Portland Street, London (1905 - 1984)
297 Oxford Street (Royal); 315 Oxford Street
15 Hanover Square (Royal)
Bloomsbury Square (1838)
Current Trust
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (since 1991)
Foundation Year
1838
Status
Open

Administrative Authorities

Regional Board (1948-1974)
London (Teaching)
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Royal National Orthopaedic
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
Postgraduate Teaching
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North East Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals
District Authority (Post-1982)
Bloomsbury
Pre-1974 County
London
Post-1974 County
Greater London
Post-1996 County
Greater London

Status

Pre-1948
Voluntary
Post-1948
NHS

Type

Pre-1948
Other
Pre-1948 information
OTHER: Orthopaedic.
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: Orthopaedic. Now only outpatient services

Other information

In 1905 the National Orthopaedic Hospital in Great Portland Street, London, absorbed the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital for Club-Foot, Spinal and Other Deformities to form the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. In 1907 the City Orthopaedic Hospital was also absorbed. In 1922, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Country and Convalescent Branch was opened at Brockley Park, Stanmore, Middlesex. In 1984 the London branch moved to Bolsover Street, London (outpatients only).

Record locations

  • London Metropolitan Archives

    Record types

    Administrative
    1897 - 1990
    General
    1897 - 1947
    Finance
    1900 - 1948
    Estates
    1946 - 1947
    Admission
    1940 - 1990

    Finding aids

    Finding aids
    Brief guide (BG), Catalogue
    Location
    At Repository (AR), National Register of Archives (NRA)
    Details
    At Repository: CAT: H8 (UNCAT)
    Brief Guide: Hospital and Charity Annual Reports.
    Annual Reports 1897 - 1947 SC/PPS/093/