Queen Marys Hospital (roehampton)

Description

About Queen Marys
Today Queen Marys sees over 130000 patients a year and offers more than 60 services which are provided by Kingston Hospital Chelsea amp Westminster Hospital and South West London amp St Georges Mental Health Trust

Services include outpatient rapid diagnostic facilities mental health community services sexual health neuro rehabilitation limb fitting cancer screening and treatment burns dressing dermatology families and childrens services and a Day Case Unit which offers diagnostic service for endoscopy and urology

Perhaps the hospitals best known set of services are its amputee rehabilitation ones which come together in the world famous Douglas Bader Unit located on the lower ground floor of the hospital The unit is an established international centre of excellence and a national leader in the field of research and development of rehabilitation techniques Close working relationships between patients staff our construction partner Bovis Lend Lease and their architect Devereux has resulted in an outstanding amputee rehabilitation unit which will enable the hospital to maintain and live up to its reputation as a world leader in the field

The hospital also has a Minor Injuries Unit which last year saw 16500 people come through its doors to be treated by an emergency nurse practitioner The unit is open every day of the year offering treatment and advice on a wide range of injuries and illnesses and has established itself as a cornerstone of the Roehampton community thanks to its efficient and friendly service

As well as offering outpatients services Queen Marys has 20 beds in the rehabilitation centre 69 mental healthcare beds and 50 elderly and intermediate care beds

History

History

Queen Marys a brief history

Originally a 200 bed military hospital Queen Marys opened its doors to its first 25 patients in 1915 It was founded by Mary Eleanor Gwynne Halford whose vision was to provide a place for people who had lost a limb to come and be rehabilitated and be fitted with the most scientifically advanced limbs possible

Throughout the First World War the reputation of the hospital grew so that it quickly became known as one of the worlds leading limb fitting and amputee rehabilitation centres which provided not only treatment but also training opportunities so that patients could find employment This made the demand for Queen Marys services so high that just three years after it first opened it already had 900 beds and a waiting list of over 4000 people

By 1922 the hospital had started admitting limb patients other than war casualties like rail employees and congenitally deformed children As the range of patients the hospital was treating was expanding so rapidly a fully equipped hospital was built on the Roehampton site with services such as xray electrotherapy and a gymnasium

Queen Marys continued to see developments right up to the opening of the new hospital a state of the art four storey development set in the grounds of the old hospital but containing all the modern equipment needed to offer both the local population and patients from across the globe with complex health needs the latest treatment techniques The new hospital opened to the public in February 2006 and was officially opened by His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester on 1 November 2006