History
The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital was opened on the site once occupied by St Stephen's Hospital, and brought together staff, services and equipment from five London hospitals:
- The Westminster Hospital in Horseferry Road (previously situated opposite Westminster Abbey) and its medical school in Page Street
- Westminster Children's Hospital, originally in Vincent Square, then later amalgamated with the Westminster
- West London Hospital, opened in 1860 and known from the early 1970s for its maternity services
- St Mary Abbot's Hospital, an infirmary occupying the site of what had been the Kensington work house
- St Stephen's Hospital
The new hospital was designed by the architects Sheppard Robson. It displays many treasures from the old hospitals. Some of these are in the first floor Hospital Chapel, including a 16th-century painting by Veronese from the Westminster Hospital and stained glass windows from Westminster, St Mary Abbots and the Westminster Children's Hospitals.
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