St Ann's Hospital
St Ann's Hospital is a hospital located opposite Chestnuts Park, on the border of West Green & Harringay in Haringey, north London.
The hospital has until recently been largely a mental health care facility and houses the headquarters for the Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust. It also formerly housed the Haringey NHS PCT.
The Hospital's sizeable Mental Health Unit, consists of an acute assessment ward (Haringey ward); short stay unit (Finsbury ward); Eating Disorders Unit (Phoenix ward); and the Home Treatment Unit (Bruce Castle Unit). Following the 1988 closure of Greentrees Hospital in Palmers Green, a Greentrees rehabilitation unit was established at St Ann's. However, the name Greentrees is still in use when referring to a 50-bed geriatric rehabilitation unit at St Ann's Hospital.[1]
On site there are also a number of outpatient services provided by other NHS organisations , which include MRI, Moorfields Eye Hospital and Whittington Health.
History
The Metropolitan Asylums Board purchased the site where St Ann’s Hospital now stands in October 1892.[2] It was known as The North Eastern Fever Hospital and was used to treat patients suffering from fever and diphtheria. Building work on the Administration Block began in 1898 and construction of the laundry began the following year. The original Works Department was built in 1907 and the “old” boiler house in 1912. Also built around the turn of the century were Block 6, Acacia House (as a residence for the Hospital Engineer), Mulberry House (the Steward’s home) and Orchard House for the superintendent.
The Metropolitan Asylum Board was liquidated in 1929 and the hospital came under the administration of London County Council in 1930.[3] Soon after, the structure of the NHS in England and Wales was established by the National Health Service Act 1946 and St Ann’s fell under the control of the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and Tottenham Hospital Management Committee. The hospital was renamed St Ann's General Hospital in 1949 or 1950.
From 1982 it has been the responsibility of Haringey Health Authority.
See also
References
- ↑ "Adult Specialist Services". NHS Haringey. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ↑ http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/beea9ee5-8517-4b70-838c-bd0acba264cf
- ↑ http://www.workhouses.org.uk/MAB-NEFever/
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Coordinates: 51°34′50″N 0°05′26″W / 51.5806°N 0.0906°W