Mount Vernon Hospital

{{For|the hospital in Barnsley|Mount Vernon Hospital, Barnsley}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Mount Vernon Hospital | org_group = [[The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust]] | image = Main Entrance to Mount Vernon Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 1521949.jpg | caption = The main entrance to Mount Vernon Hospital | logo =  | location = [[Northwood, London|Northwood]], [[London]], England | coordinates = {{coord|51.6168|N|0.4447|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | healthcare = [[National Health Service (England)|National Health Service]] | type = Specialist | standards =  | emergency = No | affiliation = [[Imperial College London]] | beds = 300 | founded = {{Start date and age|1860}}<br />{{Start date and age|1904|9}} (current site) | closed =  | website = {{Official URL}} | pushpin_map = United Kingdom London Hillingdon | pushpin_map_caption = Shown in Hillingdon }} '''Mount Vernon Hospital''' is a hospital located in [[Northwood, London|Northwood]] in the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]]. It is one of two hospitals run by [[The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust]], the other being [[Hillingdon Hospital]]. ==History== [[File:Mount Vernon - geograph.org.uk - 1499694.jpg|thumb|left|[[Mount Vernon House, Hampstead|Mount Vernon House]], the former hospital in Hampstead]] The hospital was founded as '''The North London Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest''' in a mansion in [[Hampstead High Street]] in 1860.<ref name=lost1>{{cite web|url=https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/stanfield.html|title= North London Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest|publisher=Lost Hospitals of London|accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref> A central London out-patients department opened in the Tottenham Court Road in 1861.<ref name=lost1/> In October 1880 [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]] laid the foundation stone for a purpose-built hospital at Mount Vernon in Hampstead. The hospital, which was built in the [[French Renaissance architecture|French Renaissance style]], was completed in 1881.<ref name=lost2>{{cite web|url= https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/mountvernonhampstead.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200703162321/https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/mountvernonhampstead.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 3 July 2020|title= Mount Vernon Hospital for Tuberculosis and Diseases of the Lungs|publisher=Lost Hospitals of London|accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref> The adjacent [[Mount Vernon House, Hampstead|Mount Vernon House]] served as the residence of the Hospital Seceretary and from 1903 as the hospital's Nurses' Home.<ref name=lost2/> Meanwhile the Central London out-patients department moved from Tottenham Court Road to [[Fitzroy Square]] in 1891.<ref name=lost2/>

In 1901 it was decided to build a more-modern facility on part of the Northwood Park Estate in [[Northwood, London|Northwood]], London.<ref name=lost3>{{cite web|url=https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/mountvernon.html|title=Mount Vernon Hospital|publisher=Lost Hospitals of London|accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref> The foundation stone was laid by [[Princess Helena of the United Kingdom|Princess Helena]] the following year.<ref name=lost3/> The hospital, which was designed by [[Frederick Wheeler]], was arranged as a [[sanatorium]] with the wards following a semi-circle shape either side of a central staircase.<ref name="Bowlt 72">Bowlt 2007, p.72</ref> The new Mount Vernon Hospital opened in September 1904<ref name=lost3/> and the old Hampstead building was then acquired and occupied by the [[Medical Research Council (United Kingdom)|Medical Research Council]]'s [[National Institute for Medical Research]].<ref>{{cite book |title='Hampstead: Public Services', A History of the County of Middlesex |volume=9: Hampstead, Paddington |year=1989 |pages=138–45 |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22649 |publisher=British History Online |accessdate=2007-05-14}}</ref>

During the [[World War I|First World War]], soldiers were treated at the Mount Vernon Hospital and, in 1932, the Central London out-patients department moved to Riding House Street.<ref name=lost3/> At the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]] Mount Vernon became a general hospital dealing, inter alia, with war casualties.<ref name="Bowlt 72"/> In 1947 the central London out patients department moved to Portland Place and, in 1948, the hospital joined the [[National Health Service]].<ref name=lost3/>

[[File:Mount Vernon Cancer Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1521961.jpg|thumb|left|The Cancer Centre at Mount Vernon, opened in 2009]] In 1957, the [[Gray Laboratory]] was established and, in 1967, the [[Marie Curie]] Hospital, which had been providing cancer treatment from premises in Fitzjohn's Avenue, also moved to Mount Vernon site.<ref name=lost3/>

The Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, which provides specialist imaging facilities using high quality equipment, opened in 1985 and was officially opened by the [[Katharine, Duchess of Kent|Duchess of Kent]] on 20 March 1986.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paulstrickland-scannercentre.org.uk/organisation.html |title=The Organisation |year=2006 |publisher=Paul Strickland Scanner Centre |accessdate=26 May 2011}}</ref> The old hospital [[chapel]] which includes art nouveau designs, was converted into a library for the Gray Cancer Institute in 1988.<ref name="Bowlt 72"/> The Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre for cancer support and information was opened in 1993 by [[Charles III]] – then [[Prince of Wales]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ljmc.org/4_about_us/about_us.html |title=LJMC |year=2008 |publisher=Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre |accessdate=6 October 2018}}</ref>

In 2009 a new treatment centre opened, providing surgery facilities in four new operating theatres. There is also a new outpatients department located in the treatment centre.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Treatment Centre opens at Mount Vernon Hospital |last=Mitchell |first=Charlene |url=http://www.uxbridgegazette.co.uk/west-london-news/local-uxbridge-news/2009/02/09/new-treatment-centre-opens-at-mount-vernon-hospital-113046-22887504/ |newspaper=Uxbridge Gazette |date=9 February 2009 |accessdate=26 May 2011}}</ref>

==Mount Vernon Cancer Centre== The cancer centre is run by [[East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust]]. In October 2019 a group of experts reported to health leaders that, due to dilapidated buildings, obsolete equipment and a lack of staff, patients were unsafe and the quality of care was uncertain.<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/oct/03/mount-vernon-nhs-cancer-hospital-neglected-should-be-closed-report |title=Neglected NHS cancer hospital is unfit for purpose, says report|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=3 October 2019|accessdate=3 October 2019}}</ref> It was initially planned to be taken over by [[University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust]] in April 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Major London provider to take over 'dilapidated' cancer centre |url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/major-london-provider-to-take-over-dilapidated-cancer-centre/7026825.article? |accessdate=23 March 2020 |publisher=Health Service Journal |date=3 February 2020}}</ref> In 2021, plans were announced to move the cancer treatment centre to [[Watford General Hospital]], subject to funding.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mount Vernon Cancer Centre needs £300m for Watford move |url=https://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/19496373.mount-vernon-cancer-centre-needs-300m-watford-move/ |website=Harrow Times |access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref>

==Transport== The nearest tube station to the hospital is at [[Northwood tube station|Northwood]], which is served by the [[Metropolitan line]]. Five buses serve Mount Vernon Hospital, three of which are London bus routes. These routes are:<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.thh.nhs.uk/about/travel/getMV.php|title= Getting here: Mount Vernon Hospital|publisher= The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|accessdate=27 June 2018}}</ref> * 508 (towards [[Hemel Hempstead]], via [[South Oxhey]] and [[Watford]]) * 282 (TfL, towards [[Ealing Hospital]]) * 331 (TfL, towards [[Ruislip]] and [[Uxbridge]]) * H11 (TfL, towards [[London Borough of Harrow|Harrow]]) * R1/R2 (towards Uxbridge twice per day, otherwise terminating at [[Maple Cross]]) The hospital used to have No. 8 (towards Watford), until 30 October 2022, when it was replaced with 508.

== References == {{Reflist}} == Bibliography == * Bowlt, Eileen. M. (2007) ''Around Ruislip, Eastcote, Northwood, Ickenham & Harefield''. Stroud: Sutton Publishing {{ISBN|978-0-7509-4796-1}} == External links == {{Commons category}} * {{Official website}} * [https://www.nhs.uk/services/hospital/mount-vernon-hospital/RAS02 Mount Vernon Hospital] on the NHS website * [https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/RAS02 Inspection reports] from the [[Care Quality Commission]] * [http://www.stricklandscanner.org.uk Paul Strickland Scanner Centre]

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