The London Bridge Hospital is a
private hospital
A private hospital is a hospital not owned by the government, including for-profit and non-profit hospitals. Funding is by patients themselves ("self-pay"), by insurers, or by foreign embassies. Private hospitals are commonly part, albeit in var ...
on the south bank of the
River Thames
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in
London
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.
History
The hospital, which was designed by Llewelyn Davies Weeks and built by
Bovis Construction
Bovis is a construction business in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1885, it was subsidiary of P&O from 1974, was acquired by Lendlease in 1999 and renamed Bovis Lend Lease. The brand was retired in 2011 in favour of Lendlease Project Manageme ...
, opened in 1986. It belongs, along with several other well-known private London hospitals, to
HCA International, the largest private operator of health care facilities in the world.
In April 2006, it expanded its outpatients operations into the adjacent building,
St Olaf House
St Olaf House is a Grade II* listed building on Tooley Street in the London Borough of Southwark. The house was built on the site of St Olave's Church, Southwark, St Olave's Church between 1928 and 1932, and is now part of London Bridge Hospita ...
- the first art deco building in the UK. Then in November 2013 it took three floors in
the Shard
The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 72-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London, that for ...
and in September 2016 it moved its fertility services to the Shard.
See also
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List of hospitals in England
The following is a list of hospitals in England. For NHS trusts, see the list of NHS Trusts.
East Midlands
East of England
London North central
East
North west
South east
South west
North East County Durham
Northumberland
No ...
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The Lister Hospital, London
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HCA
References
External links
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Hospitals in London
HCA Healthcare
Private hospitals in the United Kingdom