Evelina Children's Hospital

Infobox Hospital
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Org/Group = Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Location = Lambeth
Region = London
State = England
Country = UK
HealthCare = NHS
Type = Specialist
Speciality = Children's hospital
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Emergency = Yes
Affiliation= King's College London
Beds = 140
Founded = 1869, 2004 relocation
Closed = 1976 on original site
Website = http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/home.aspx Guy’s & St Thomas’ Trust
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Evelina Children's Hospital is a specialist NHS hospital in London. It is administratively a part of Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and provides teaching hospital facilities for King's College London. Formerly housed at Guy's Hospital, it moved to a new building alongside St Thomas' Hospital, opened on 31 October 2005.

History

The hospital was founded in 1869 (as Evelina Hospital for Sick Children) by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, whose wife, Evelina, and their child had died in premature labour. It was established in a purpose-built hospital in Southwark Bridge Road, Southwark, opposite what was originally the headquarters of the London Fire Brigade at 94 Southwark Bridge Road. It was nationalised in 1948, becoming a branch of Guy's Hospital. In 1976 the original hospital building was closed, and the children's wards were moved to the newly built Guy's Tower. The original buildings have since been demolished, and the site is currently a green space. [ [http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/news/newsarchive/archive0305/evelinaopeningdate.aspx Evelina Children’s Hospital opening date announced ] ]

New hospital

In 1999 a decision was made to re-establish Evelina Children's Hospital as a new specialist hospital for all children's services at Guy’s & St Thomas', on the site of a former nurses' home. An architectural competition was held under the auspices of the Royal Institute of British Architects and was won by Hopkins Architects and engineers Buro Happold. Davis Langdon provided quantity surveying and employer's agent services. Construction began in 2002, and the building was completed in 2004, ready for fitting out. This is one of the few hospitals in the world to be built not around the doctor's perspective, but around the patient's. The building won the IStructE Award for Education or Healthcare Structures in 2006.

Funding

Although a part of the NHS, the £60 million building cost of the new Evelina Children's Hospital was largely paid for with private funds, with £50 million coming from the independent Guy's & St Thomas' Charity (the successor to the endowments of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, amongst others), and £10 million from NHS budgets and a major fund raising campaign by The Evelina Children's Hospital Appeal.

References

External links

* [http://www.gsttcharity.org.uk/ Guy's & St Thomas' Charity]
* [http://www.evelinaappeal.org/ The Evelina Children's Hospital Appeal]
* [http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=3076889&origin=bdwknews Building design article relating to cooling problems]