The London Clinic is a private healthcare organisation and registered charity based on the corner of Devonshire Place and Marylebone Road in central London. According to HealthInvestor, it is one of England's largest private hospitals.

History

The London Clinic was established by a group of Harley Street doctors; the building was designed by Charles Henry Biddulph-Pinchard and officially opened by the Duchess of York in 1932.

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opened a new cancer centre, built at a cost of £80 million, at the London Clinic in April 2010. After an inspection in December 2014 by the

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the organisation was given only two stars - the only hospital in London to perform so poorly - but the poor standard of hygiene was addressed and, after a further inspection in June 2015, the Clinic was awarded five stars. In November 2015 it secured a £65 million revolving credit facility from HSBC which was used to increase theatre capacity, boost technology investment and renovate the radiology and intensive care facilities. In November 2017 the

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described the design of the new

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and the annual multi-faith memorial service, which contributes to end of life services, as areas of "outstanding practice". The clinic opened a specialist centre for robotic surgery in 2019.

Notable patients

* Clement Attlee: The Leader of the Opposition was admitted to the clinic for a

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in September 1939. * David Cameron: The

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was born in clinic at October 1966. *

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: The British children's book author and eldest daughter of English actress Julie Andrews was born in clinic in November 1962. *

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: The American congressman was diagnosed with

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at the clinic in September 1947. *

Sir Anthony Eden Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 until his resignation in 1957. Achieving rapid promo ...

: The Foreign Secretary went into the London Clinic for a cholecystectomy in April 1953. * Adnan Menderes: The Prime Minister of Turkey recovered in the London Clinic after being involved in an

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in February 1959. * Elizabeth Taylor: In January 1963, the actress underwent an operation on her knee at the clinic. * Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon:

's younger sister had an operation to remove a benign

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in the clinic in January 1980. *

Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (, , , ; 25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean general who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, first as the leader of the Military Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981, being declared President of ...

: It was at the London Clinic that General Augusto Pinochet, the former

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of Chile, was arrested in October 1998 for crimes against humanity on the basis of an

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. *

Wendy Richard Wendy Richard (born Wendy Emerton; 20 July 1943 – 26 February 2009) was an English actress, known for her television roles as Miss Shirley Brahms on the BBC sitcom ''Are You Being Served?'' from 1972 to 1985, and Pauline Fowler on the soa ...

: The actress died at the clinic on 26 February 2009 aged 65, where she was being treated for

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. *

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: The Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to the clinic for 'abdominal investigations' in June 2013. *

Cecil Parkinson Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, (1 September 1931 – 22 January 2016) was a British Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister. A chartered accountant by training, he entered Parliament in November 1970, and was appointed a ...

: The former Conservative Party chairman and cabinet minister died at the clinic on 22 January 2016 aged 84, where he was being treated for cancer of the colon.

References

External links

The London Clinic website
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CQC inspection results for The London Clinic
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History

Notable patients

See also

References

External links