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The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth, is one of the UK's largest independent charitable hospitals. Surplus 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.
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History and operations
The hospital was founded in 1856 with a Roman Catholic affiliation and is a registered charity.
It was founded as the "Hospital of St. Elizabeth" by the Duke of Norfolk. Originally located in Great Ormond Street, London, by the end of the 19th century it had relocated to St. John's Wood and adopted its present name.
The chapel which once laid on Great Ormond Street was moved brick-by-brick to its new site at the Hospital in St John's Wood.
At its founding, the hospital was entrusted to the care of the Sisters of Mercy, which would continue for many decades to come; more recently, however, the Sisters of Mercy have withdrawn from the management of the hospital, and it is now under lay control.
The hospital closed temporarily in 1866 due to a lack of funds, but later reopened. The hospital was vital during the war effort of both World War 1 and World War 2, being used by the War Office to treat injured military personnel.
In 2009, it had an income of £42,671,000, making it one of the 150 largest charities in the United Kingdom.
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". Later in 2008, the Cardinal ordered the resignation of the remaining board members.
Facilities
Hospital facilities include five theatres, and en-suite bathrooms in all of the patients' rooms. It is also the home to British Athletics, which established its medical HQ at the Hospital to care for track and field athletes. The hospital employs over 600 doctors.
In July 2016, St Andrew's Ward opened; a new £2.1 Million 10-bed Stroke and Medical ward, bringing the total number of beds to over 70.
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.