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reviewed the hospital's intensive care department and found a complete lack of medical leadership. Care for patients across the trust could be affected because of issues with the critical care service. It was suggested that "younger fitter patients with single organ failure" would not be admitted to
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In February 2023, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust appointed a contractor to undertake a £30m, 80-week programme of infrastructure works including installation of new primary high-voltage and low-voltage electricity distribution, back-up generators, a refurbished energy centre, and ventilation
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intensive care until they developed multi-organ failure because of pressures on bed availability. Only 3.5 full-time equivalent consultants were in post, with staff working locum shifts to fill gaps. "There was no ownership of the care of deteriorating patients in the wider hospital."
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The hospital's name originates from the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, which occupied the site from 1977 until its closure in 1995, and was named after
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improvements including replacement of air handling units serving the operating theatres, pathology, delivery suite, special care baby unit and ward areas.
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Following power cuts, water shortages and floods the trust applied to the Independent Trust Finance Facility, part of the
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and become the first Trust to have an independent Administrator appointed. The Trust was subsequently disbanded by
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contract to replace the military hospital and to accommodate services previously provided at
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at a cost of £84 million and opened in March 2001, being officially opened by the
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surgeons in Lewisham would not go to Woolwich, so patients needing
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on the disestablishment of South London Healthcare NHS Trust.
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Plaque marking opening of Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital
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Buildings and structures in the Royal Borough of Greenwich
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In April 2018, following the January 2018 liquidation of
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Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London is located in Royal Borough of Greenwich
Woolwich
London
Coordinates
51°28′44″N 0°03′04″E / 51.4789°N 0.0511°E / 51.4789; 0.0511
Care system
National Health Service
Type
General
Emergency department
www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk
Woolwich
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Royal Borough of Greenwich
London Borough of Bexley
Greenwich District Hospital
Brook General Hospital
Private Finance Initiative
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
military hospital
Shrapnel Barracks
Royal Herbert Hospital
Queen Alexandra Military Hospital
Private Finance Initiative
Greenwich District Hospital
Brook General Hospital

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