queen elizabeths childrens hospital

A random phone call from Midnight Runner at 09:00 recently sent me on a journey to deepest, darkest Hackney. In 1870, a small 26-bed hospital was opened & known as North-Eastern Hospital and Dispensary. In 1893, a new building fund began, this allowed the Hackney Road site to be expanded and new ward accommodation to be added. 1942, amalgamated with the Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children, Shadwell to become The

Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children. 1948, the hospital became part of the newly created NHS. 1996, the hospital became part of The Royal Hospitals Trust, now Barts and The London NHS Trust. Michael Jackson made a visit in 1992.1998, the services of the hospital were relocated to The Royal London Hospital, where they retain their historical identity through their current name, The Queen Elizabeth Children's Service a title granted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.The hospital had one of the country's most important pathological laboratories for the investigation of child diseases. It now sits awaiting it's fate, visited on occasion by TV/Film companies and used as a 'location'.