Whipps Cross University Hospital is an NHS-run University Hospital in Whipps Cross, Waltham Forest, London, United Kingdom which housed London's first Hyperbaric Unit.
The hospital is geographically close to the site of the 2012 Olympics, has one of the largest and busiest A&E departments in the UK and serves a diverse community from Chigwell to Leyton. The hospital also has the lowest MRSA rates in London for three years running as of 2008. The chief executive of the hospital is Catherine Geedes.
Whipps Cross is part of Barts Health NHS Trust.
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