Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth

Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth
Roman Catholic affiliation
Geography
Location St John's Wood, London, England, United Kingdom
Organisation
Hospital type Independent
History
Founded 1856 (1856)
Links
Website hje.org.uk
Lists Hospitals in England

The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth, is one of the UK's largest independent charitable hospitals. Profits are used to fund its on-site hospice, St John's, which offers free care to over 3,000 patients and their families every year.

History and operations

The hospital was founded in 1856 with a Roman Catholic affiliation and is a registered charity.[1]

In 2009, it had an income of £42,671,000, making it one of the 150 largest charities in the United Kingdom.[2]

Hospital facilities include five theatres, and en-suite bathrooms in all bedrooms. It is also the home to British Athletics, which established its medical HQ at the Hospital to care for track and field athletes.[3] The hospital employs over 600 doctors.[3]

The hospital came to media attention in late 2007 when several board members resigned over a change in code of ethics instituted by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, a patron of the hospital. The change was to implement tighter controls on "abortion, contraception and sex-change operations".[4] Later in 2008, the Cardinal ordered the resignation of the remaining board members.[5]

St John's Hospice

The hospital's profits from private healthcare are used to run St John's Hospice, a hospice located within the hospital site where over 3,000 terminally ill patients are treated each year.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ SS. John and Elizabeth Charity, Registered Charity no. 235822 at the Charity Commission
  2. ↑ Charities Direct: Top 500 Charities - Income. Charities Direct.
  3. 1 2 3 hje.org.uk HJE Official website. Retrieved 20 July 2015
  4. ↑ Butt, Riazat (7 December 2007). "Directors quit Catholic hospital in ethics code row". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Butt, Riazat (22 February 2008). "Archbishop orders Catholic hospital board to resign in ethics dispute". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

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Coordinates: 51°31′58″N 0°10′27″W / 51.53278°N 0.17417°W / 51.53278; -0.17417

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