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hospital A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized Medical Science, health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically ...

s and former hospitals are known formally or informally as Royal Hospital or simply The Royal, indicating some form of

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, such as sponsorship, usage, or creation by

royal charter A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, but ...

Australia

Melbourne

Royal Children's Hospital The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH), colloquially referred to as the Royal Children's, is a major children's hospital in Parkville, Victoria, Parkville, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Regarded as one of the great C ...

, a paediatric hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, founded in 1870, moving to Flemington Road in 1963 * The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne, a dental hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, founded in 1890, gaining royal patronage in 1969, and moving to Swanston Street in 2003 *

Royal Melbourne Hospital The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), located in Parkville, Victoria, an inner suburb of Melbourne, is one of Australia's leading public hospitals. It is a major teaching hospital for tertiary health care with a reputation in clinical research. Th ...

, a general hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, founded in 1848, gaining royal patronage in 1935, moving to Parkville in 1944 *

Royal Park Hospital Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital, commonly known as Royal Park is a former Receiving House and Psychiatric Hospital located in Parkville. Operating for over 90 years, Royal Park Hospital was the first psychiatric hospital established in Victo ...

, a psychiatric hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, founded in 1907 and closed in 1999 *

Royal Women's Hospital The Royal Women's Hospital, located in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville, is Australia's oldest specialist women's hospital. It offers a full range of services in maternity, gynaecology, neonatal care, women's cancers and women's health. It also ...

, a specialist women's hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, founded in 1856, gaining royal patronage in 1954, and relocating to Parkville in 2008 *

Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (the Eye and Ear) is a specialist public teaching hospital in East Melbourne, Australia. It is the only hospital in Australia which specialises in both ophthalmology and otolaryngology. History The hosp ...

, a specialist public teaching hospital founded in 1863

Sydney

Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children The Children's Hospital at Westmead (CHW; formerly Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children) is a children's hospital in Western Sydney. The hospital was founded in 1880 as "The Sydney Hospital for Sick Children". Its name was changed to the "Royal ...

, a paediatric teaching hospital in Sydney, New South Wales, founded in 1880, moving to Westmead in 1995 *

Royal Hospital for Women The Royal Hospital for Women (RHW) is a specialist hospital for women and babies located in the suburb of Randwick in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Royal Hospital for Women shares the Randwick Hospitals' Campus site with the Prince of ...

, a hospital for women and babies in Sydney, New South Wales, founded in 1820, and granted royal patronage by King Edward VII in 1904 *

Royal North Shore Hospital The Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) is a major public teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, located in the suburb of St Leonards. It serves as a teaching hospital for Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney, University of Technol ...

, a teaching hospital in Sydney, New South Wales, founded in 1885, moving to St Leonards in 1905 *

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (abbreviated RPAH or RPA) is a large teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Missenden Road in Camperdown. It is a teaching hospital of the Central Clinical School of the Sydney Medical School at the ...

, a teaching hospital in Sydney, New South Wales, founded in 1882, named after Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh *

Royal South Sydney Hospital Royal South Sydney Hospital was a hospital in the southern Sydney suburb of Zetland, New South Wales, Australia. Its location is the present-day 3 Joynton Avenue, Zetland. History Initial efforts to open a hospital in South Sydney began in 19 ...

, a general hospital in Sydney, New South Wales, founded in 1913, gaining royal patronage in 1917, and closing in 2003

Tasmania

Royal Derwent Hospital The Royal Derwent Hospital, (originally New Norfolk Insane Asylum and later Lachlan Park) was built to house mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons in 1827, soon after the separation of Van Diemens Land from New South Wales. Its name was ...

, an asylum for the insane and handicapped in Derwent, Tasmania, founded in 1827, gaining royal patronage in 1967, and closing in 2000 *

Royal Hobart Hospital The Royal Hobart Hospital is a public hospital in the Hobart CBD, Tasmania, Australia. The hospital also functions as a teaching hospital in co-operation with the University of Tasmania. The hospital's research facilities are known as the Roy ...

, a teaching hospital in Hobart, Tasmania, founded in 1804

Other

Royal Adelaide Hospital The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), colloquially known by its initials or pronounced as "the Rah", is South Australia's largest hospital, owned by the state government as part of Australia's public health care system. The RAH provides tertiary hea ...

, a teaching hospital in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1840, moved to a new state of the art facility in 2017. *

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) is a tertiary public hospital located in Herston, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeaste ...

, a teaching hospital in Brisbane, Queensland *

Royal Canberra Hospital The first hospital in Canberra was the Canberra Hospital in Balmain Crescent Acton in 1914, predominately for the workers building the new capital of Canberra. Called later the Canberra Community Hospital in 1929 after additions to the older buil ...

, a hospital in Canberra, opened in 1914, closed in 1991 and demolished in 1997 *

Royal Darwin Hospital The Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) is a 360-bed Australian teaching hospital located in Tiwi, Northern Territory, Tiwi, a northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory. It is part of the Top End Health Service, which co ...

, a teaching hospital in Darwin, Northern Territory, founded in 1874, gaining royal patronage in 1984 *

Royal Newcastle Hospital The Royal Newcastle Hospital was, for nearly 190 years, the main hospital in the Australian city of Newcastle. The hospital stood on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Hunter River port of Newcastle, New South Wales, from 1817 until 2007 ...

, a former general hospital in Newcastle, New South Wales, founded in 1817 and closed in 2007 *

Royal Perth Hospital Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) is a 450-bed adult and teaching hospital located on the northeastern edge of the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. History The hospital traces its history back to the first colonial hospital, whi ...

, a teaching hospital in Perth, Western Australia, founded in 1830, and given royal patronage in 1946

Canada

Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton The Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) is a large and long serving hospital in the Canadian province of Alberta. Operated by Alberta Health Services and located north of Edmonton's downtown core, the Royal Alexandra serves a diverse community stretchi ...

, a general hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, founded in 1899 *

Royal Columbian Hospital Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) is among the oldest hospitals in British Columbia and one of the busiest in the Fraser Health, Fraser Health Authority. It is located in New Westminster overlooking the Fraser River and is the only hospital in the L ...

, a tertiary hospital in New Westminster, British Columbia, founded in 1862 *

Royal Jubilee Hospital Royal Jubilee Hospital is a 500-bed general hospital in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, located about east of the city centre, in the Jubilee neighbourhood (itself named after the hospital). Overview Its name commemorates the Golden Jubile ...

, a general hospital in Victoria, British Columbia, founded in 1890 and named in honour of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887 *

Royal University Hospital Royal University Hospital, often abbreviated RUH, is one of four hospitals in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It is located on the University of Saskatchewan campus. RUH is a teaching hospital and closely tied to the College of Medicine within the ...

, a teaching hospital in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, part of the University of Saskatchewan, founded in 1955 and given royal patronage by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 *

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre The Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (formerly the Royal Victoria Hospital) is a Level III trauma centre with enhanced district stroke designation, serving the needs of the population of the City of Barrie and the surrounding area. The faci ...

, a general hospital in Barrie, Ontario, founded in 1891 *

Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal The Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) ( (''HRV'')), colloquially known as the "Royal Vic" or "The Vic", is a hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It forms the largest base hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), which is affiliated w ...

, a teaching hospital in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1893

United Kingdom

England

Midlands

Chesterfield Royal Hospital Chesterfield Royal Hospital is an acute general hospital in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. It is managed by the Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in a dispensary established in a small house in St ...

, a general hospital with A&E in Chesterfield, Derbyshire *

Devonshire Royal Hospital The Devonshire Royal Hospital was established as the Devonshire Hospital in 1859 in Buxton, Derbyshire by the Buxton Bath Charity for the treatment of the poor. The hospital was built in the converted stable block of The Crescent. The building ...

, a former a hospital for the poor founded in 1859 in Buxton, Derbyshire. It was built in 1780 as a stable block, and refurbished in 2003 for use as a campus building of the University of Derby *

Leicester Royal Infirmary The Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) is a National Health Service (England), National Health Service teaching hospital in Leicester, England. It is located to the south-west of the Leicester City Centre, city centre. It has an Emergency departm ...

Princess Royal Hospital, Telford The Princess Royal Hospital is a teaching hospital located in Apley Castle, Telford, England. It forms the Telford site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and serves patients in Telford and Wrekin, the rest of Shropshire, and Powy ...

, a general hospital in Telford, Shropshire *

Royal Derby Hospital Royal Derby Hospital is one of two teaching hospitals in the city of Derby, the other being the Florence Nightingale Community Hospital. It is managed by the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. History The original h ...

, a teaching hospital in Derby *

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (ROH) is a National Health Service specialist orthopaedic hospital situated in Northfield, Birmingham, England. The ROH specialises in bone and joint problems. History The hospital's origins in a new convalescent ...

, a specialist orthopaedic hospital in Birmingham, founded in 1909 *

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is a teaching hospital in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. It forms the Shrewsbury site of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, serving patients from Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin) and Powys, ...

, a teaching hospital in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, founded in 197 *

Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton The Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton was an acute general hospital in the All Saints inner city area of Wolverhampton. History The hospital was designed by Edward Banks in the classical style and built between 1846 and 1849 on land acquired from t ...

, an acute general hospital, founded in 1846

Northern England

Royal Bolton Hospital The Royal Bolton Hospital is an acute general hospital in Farnworth, Bolton, Greater Manchester. It is managed by the Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital was established as a fever hospital and built adjacent to the 'Fishpool Work ...

, a general hospital in Farnworth, Greater Manchester *

Royal Hallamshire Hospital The Royal Hallamshire Hospital is a general and teaching hospital located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is in the city's West End, Sheffield, West End, facing Glossop Road and close to the main campus of University of Sheffield and ...

, a teaching hospital in Sheffield, founded in 1979 *

Royal Liverpool University Hospital Royal Liverpool University Hospital (RLUH) is a major teaching and research hospital located in the city of Liverpool, England. It is the largest and busiest hospital in Merseyside and Cheshire. A major redevelopment of the hospital began in 20 ...

, a teaching hospital in Liverpool, part of the University of Liverpool, founded in 1978 *

Royal Oldham Hospital The Royal Oldham Hospital is a NHS hospital in the Coldhurst area of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It is managed by the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital has its own volunteer-run radio station, Radio Cavell, whic ...

, a general hospital in Oldham, Greater Manchester, founded in 1870 as a workhouse, gaining royal patronage when rebuilt in 1989 *

Sheffield Royal Hospital The Royal Hospital was an acute general hospital in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. It covered most of the block bounded to the north by West Street, to the east by Westfield Terrace, to the south by Devonshire Street and to the west by Eldon Street. ...

, a former hospital in Sheffield, opened in 1832 as a dispensary, converted to a hospital in 1857, and closed and demolished in 1978 *

Bradford Royal Infirmary Bradford Royal Infirmary is a large teaching hospital in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, and is operated by the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The infirmary is affiliated with the Leeds School of Medicine. History The hosp ...

Royal Lancaster Infirmary The Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) is a hospital in the city of Lancaster, England. It lies to the south of the city centre, between the A6 road and the Lancaster Canal. It is managed by the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation T ...

Royal Preston Hospital The Royal Preston Hospital or RPH, is an acute general hospital in Preston, Lancashire, England. It is managed by the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. History 1975–2000 The hospital was built in stages between 1975 and 19 ...

Salford Royal Hospital Salford Royal Hospital (formerly known as Hope Hospital) is a large university teaching hospital in Pendleton, Salford, England operated by Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. It was previously one of the top-performing hospitals in the ...

, a teaching hospital based in the Hope area of Pendleton, (M6), Salford *

Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in Blackburn, Lancashire operated by the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. History The original hospital on the site was established as an infirmary for the local work ...

, an acute District General Hospital in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire

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Cheadle Royal Hospital Cheadle Royal Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Heald Green, Greater Manchester, England, built between 1848 and 1849. The main building is Grade II listed. History The hospital was founded at a time when only two other similar institutions ...

, a psychiatric hospital in the Cheadle Royal area of Cheadle, Greater Manchester, founded in 1848 as the Manchester Royal Lunatic Asylum *

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital Manchester Royal Eye Hospital is an Ophthalmology, ophthalmic hospital in Oxford Road, Manchester, England, managed by the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. It is on the same site as Manchester Royal Infirmary and Saint Mary's Hospital, ...

, an ophthalmic hospital in Manchester, founded in 1814, and moved to the Manchester Royal Infirmary site in 1886 *

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is a children's hospital in Oxford Road, Manchester, England. The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital is managed by the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. History A new hospital was required to ...

, a former paediatric hospital in

Pendlebury Pendlebury is a town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 13,069. It lies north-west of Manchester, north-west of Salford, Greater Manchester, Salford and south-east of Bolton. Histori ...

, near Manchester, founded in 1829, granted royal patronage in 1923, and closed in 2009

South West

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, also known as the Bristol Children's Hospital, is a Children's hospital, paediatric hospital in Bristol and the only paediatric major trauma centre in South West England. The hospital is part of the Universit ...

, a paediatric hospital in Bristol, founded in 2001 *

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Gloucestershire Royal Hospital is an acute District General Hospital on the Great Western Road in Gloucester operated by the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. History In 1912, construction on a 149-bed infirmary started on Great W ...

, a general hospital in Gloucester, founded in 1914 *

Royal Bournemouth Hospital The Royal Bournemouth Hospital is an Acute medicine, acute Hospital#General, general hospital in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is managed by the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital was managed by The Royal Bournemout ...

, an acute general hospital in Bournemouth, Dorset, founded in 1992 *

Royal Cornwall Hospital The Royal Cornwall Hospital, formerly and still commonly known as the Treliske Hospital, is a medium-sized teaching hospital in Treliske, on the outskirts of Truro, Cornwall, England. The hospital provides training services for the University of ...

, a teaching hospital in Treliske, Truro, Cornwall *

Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (commonly referred to as RD&E), and with a main site sometimes known as Wonford Hospital, is a large teaching hospital situated in Exeter, Devon, England, and is run by the Royal Devon University Healthcare NH ...

, a teaching hospital in Exeter, Devon *

Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases is a small, specialist NHS hospital on the Royal United Hospital (RUH) site in the northwestern outskirts of Bath, England. The hospital was founded in 1738 as a general hospital for the poor ...

, a specialist rheumatology hospital in Bath, Somerset, founded in 1742 *

Royal United Hospital The Royal United Hospital (RUH) is a major acute-care district general hospital in the Weston suburb of Bath, England, which lies approximately west of the city centre. The hospital has 565 beds and occupies a site. It is the area's major acci ...

, an acute hospital in Bath, Somerset, founded in 1826, given royal patronage by Queen Victoria in 1864, and moving to Combe Park in 1932

South East

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Royal Hampshire County Hospital The Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester is a District General Hospital serving much of central Hampshire. It is owned and run by the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It is commonly abbreviated to RHCH, or alternatively, Winch ...

, a general hospital in Winchester, Hampshire, founded in 1736, and rebuilt with royal patronage from Queen Victoria in 1868 *

Royal Hospital Haslar The Royal Hospital Haslar in Gosport, Hampshire, which was also known as the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar, was one of Britain's leading Royal Naval Hospitals (and latterly a tri-service Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), MOD hospital) for over ...

, a former military hospital in Gosport, Hampshire, founded in 1753 and closed in 2009 * Royal Portsmouth Hospital, a former hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire, closed in 1978 * Royal South Hants Hospital, an acute hospital in Southampton, Hampshire, founded in 1835

=London

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Bethlem Royal Hospital Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as St Mary Bethlehem, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, is a psychiatric hospital in Bromley, London. Its famous history has inspired several horror books, films, and television series, most notably ''Bedlam (194 ...

, a psychiatric hospital in Beckenham, Bromley, founded in 1330 *

Greenwich Hospital, London Greenwich Hospital was a permanent home for retired sailors of the Royal Navy, which operated from 1692 to 1869. Its buildings, initially Greenwich Palace, in Greenwich, London, were later used by the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and the Uni ...

, formerly the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich *

Princess Royal University Hospital Princess Royal University Hospital or PRUH is a large acute district general hospital situated in Locksbottom, near Farnborough, in the London Borough of Bromley. It is managed by King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. History The hosp ...

, a general hospital in Farnborough, Bromley, founded in 2003 *

Royal Brompton Hospital Royal Brompton Hospital is the largest specialist heart and lung medical centre in the United Kingdom. It is managed by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. History Consumption in the 19th century In the 19th century, consumption was a co ...

, a specialist hospital in Brompton, Kensington, founded in 1847 *

Royal Free Hospital The Royal Free Hospital (also known as the Royal Free) is a major teaching hospital in the Hampstead area of the London Borough of Camden. The hospital is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs services at Barnet Ho ...

, a teaching hospital in Hampstead, founded in 1828, given royal patronage by Queen Victoria in 1837, and moving to Pond Street in the 1970s *

Royal Hospital Chelsea The Royal Hospital Chelsea is an Old soldiers' home, Old Soldiers' retirement home and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army. Founded as an almshouse — the ancient sense of the word "hospital" — by King Charles II of Eng ...

, a retirement home and nursing home for British soldiers, the 'Chelsea Pensioners', founded by King Charles II in 1681 * Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, an independent specialist charitable hospital in Putney, Wandsworth, founded in 1854 and receiving royal patronage in 1919 *

Royal London Hospital The Royal London Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Whitechapel in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is part of Barts Health NHS Trust. It provides district general hospital services for the City of London and Tower Hamlets and sp ...

, a teaching hospital in Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, founded in 1740, moving to Whitechapel in 1757 *

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine (formerly the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital) is a specialist alternative medicine hospital located in London, England and a part of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ...

, an NHS teaching and complementary medicine hospital in Bloomsbury, Camden, founded in 1849, moving to Great Ormond street in 1859, gaining royal patronage from George VI *

Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital (the RNTNEH) was a health facility on Gray's Inn Road in London. It closed in October 2019 when services transferred to the new Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals on Huntley Street, L ...

, a specialist otolaryngology hospital in Gray's Inn Road, Camden, founded in the 1870s *

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) is a specialist orthopaedic hospital located in Stanmore in the London Borough of Harrow, run by the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. It provides the most comprehensive range of neuro- ...

, a specialist orthopaedic hospital in Stanmore, Harrow, and central London, founded in 1909 *

Royal Northern Hospital The Royal Northern Hospital was a general hospital on Holloway Road, London N7, near Tollington Way. It had inpatient, outpatient, accident and emergency facilities and was also a centre for postgraduate medical education and nurse education. His ...

, a former general hospital in Holloway Road, founded in 1888, receiving royal patronage in 1921, and being closed and demolished in the mid-1990s

=Surrey

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Royal Earlswood Hospital The Royal Earlswood Hospital, formerly The Asylum for Idiots and The Royal Earlswood Institution for Mental Defectives, in Redhill, Surrey, was the first establishment to cater specifically for people with developmental disabilities. Previously t ...

, a former asylum for the mentally ill in Redhill, Surrey, built in 1853, and given royal patronage by

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in January 1901. Her reign of 63 year ...

in 1862, closed in 1997 and redeveloped as housing as Royal Earlswood Park *

Royal Surrey County Hospital The Royal Surrey County Hospital (RSCH) is a 520-bed district general hospital, located on the fringe of Guildford, run by the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Royal Surrey has received excellent recognition by the Care Qualit ...

, a general hospital in Guildford, Surrey

=Sussex

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Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath The Princess Royal Hospital, also known as PRH, is an acute, teaching, general hospital located in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England. It is the main hospital in the Mid Sussex district and is part of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundati ...

, a general hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, founded as an asylum in 1859 and renamed the Princess Royal in the 1980s *

Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital The Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital is a children's hospital located within the grounds of the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton on the south coast of England. It provides outpatient services, inpatient facilities, intensive care an ...

, a paediatric hospital in Brighton, East Sussex, founded in 1868, moving to Dyke Road in 1881, moving into new premises in the grounds of Royal Sussex County Hospital in 2007 *

Royal Sussex County Hospital The Royal Sussex County Hospital is an acute teaching hospital in Brighton, England. Together with the Princess Royal Hospital, it is administered by the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. The services provided at the hospital inc ...

, an acute teaching hospital in Brighton East Sussex, founded in 1828, gaining royal patronage in 1911

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Royal Berkshire Hospital The Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH) is an NHS hospital in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It provides acute hospital services to the residents of the western and central portions of Berkshire, and is managed by the Royal ...

, an acute hospital in Reading, Berkshire, founded in 1839, sponsored by King William IV *

Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital The Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital (colloquially called the Royal Bucks) is a private hospital in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. It is a Grade II listed building. History The hospital was established, by adding new wings to an 18th-century country ...

, a private specialist hospital in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, founded in 1832, gaining royal patronage after treating a young Edward VII

East of England

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Royal Papworth Hospital Royal Papworth Hospital is a specialist heart and lung hospital, located on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridgeshire, England. The Hospital is run by Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital is a world-leading cardio ...

, a specialist heart and lung hospital, located on the

Cambridge Biomedical Campus The Cambridge Biomedical Campus is the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe. The site is located at the southern end of Hills Road in Cambridge, England. Over 20,000 people work at the site, which is home to Cambrid ...

in Cambridge, England, originally founded in

Papworth Everard Papworth Everard is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. It lies ten miles west of Cambridge and six miles south of Huntingdon. Running through its centre is Ermine Street, the old North Road (now the A1198) and the Roman highway that for cen ...

, Huntingdonshire in 1918, granted the designation "Royal" by Queen Elizabeth II in 2017, and reopened by the Queen in 2019 in Cambridge.

Northern Ireland

Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children The Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children is a specialised government children's hospital and medical centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and is the only hospital in Northern Ireland d ...

, a paediatric hospital in Belfast *

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast The Royal Victoria Hospital commonly known as "the Royal", the "RVH" or "the Royal Belfast", is a hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. The hospital has a Regional Virus Centre, which ...

, a general hospital in Belfast, founded in 1873

Scotland

Aberdeen

Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital The Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital or RACH is a children's hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is situated on the Foresterhill site, with the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Aberdeen Maternity Hospital and provides services to children acros ...

, a paediatric hospital in Aberdeen, founded in 1929, rebuilt in 2004 *

Royal Cornhill Hospital Royal Cornhill Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Westburn Road, Aberdeen, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Grampian. History The hospital was founded as the Aberdeen Lunatic Asylum in 1800. The city's dancing master, Francis Peacock, donated ...

, a psychiatric hospital in Aberdeen, founded in 1880

Glasgow

Gartnavel Royal Hospital Gartnavel Royal Hospital is a mental health facility based in the west end of Glasgow, Scotland. It provides inpatient psychiatric care for the population of the West of the City. It used to house the regional adolescent psychiatric unit but this ...

, a mental health centre in Glasgow, founded in 1843 *

Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley The Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) is the main hospital in Paisley serving a large catchment area stretching all the way to Oban and Argyll. The hospital is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. History The hospital has its origins in a g ...

, a general hospital in Paisley, Glasgow, founded in 1986, opened by Princess Alexandra *

Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow The Royal Hospital for Children is a 256-bed hospital specialising in paediatric healthcare for children and young people up to the age of 16. The hospital is part of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and is built on the site of the former ...

, a paediatric hospital in Glasgow, founded in 1882, given royal patronage in 1889

Edinburgh

Royal Edinburgh Hospital The Royal Edinburgh Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in Morningside Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lothian. History The "foundational myth" has it that the hospital was founded by Dr Andrew Duncan, following the death of ...

, a psychiatric hospital in Edinburgh, founded in the early 19th century *

Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh The Royal Hospital for Sick Children was a hospital in Sciennes, Edinburgh, Scotland, specialising in paediatric healthcare. Locally, it was commonly referred to simply as the "Sick Kids". The hospital provided emergency care for children from ...

, a paediatric hospital in Edinburgh, founded in 1860, and given royal patronage in 1863 *

Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh The Royal Victoria Hospital was a health facility at Craigleith Road in the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was formerly the main Medicine for the Older Adult assessment and rehabilitation hospital for the north of Edinburgh. It closed in ...

, a geriatric/rehabilitation hospital in Edinburgh

Other

* Inverclyde Royal Hospital, a general hospital in Greenock opened in 1979 *

Sunnyside Royal Hospital Sunnyside Royal Hospital was a psychiatric hospital located in Hillside, north of Montrose, Scotland. It closed in 2011 and is now used for housing. History The hospital was founded in 1781 by Susan Carnegie as the Montrose Lunatic Asylum, Inf ...

, psychiatric hospital in Hillside, Angus, founded in 1781 * Forth Valley Royal Hospital, a general hospital in Larbert opened in 2011 to replace both Stirling Royal Infirmary and Falkirk Royal Infirmary; after the conclusion of the transfer of patients and services to the new hospital the old sites were redeveloped and new community hospitals were opened on both the previous sites

Wales

Royal Glamorgan Hospital The Royal Glamorgan Hospital (), is a District General Hospital in Ynysmaerdy, Talbot Green, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, and is part of the NHS Wales public healthcare system. ...

, a general hospital in Talbot Green founded in 2000 *

Royal Gwent Hospital The Royal Gwent Hospital () is a local general hospital in the city of Newport. It is managed by the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Since 2020, the hospital no longer has a full Emergency Department, and redirects those with a serious il ...

, a general hospital in Newport founded as the Newport Dispensary in 1836, moving to Cardiff Road in 1901 and gaining royal patronage with its current title in 1913

Republic of Ireland

Dublin

Royal City of Dublin Hospital The Royal City of Dublin Hospital () was a health facility on Baggot Street, Dublin, Ireland. The building from which the hospital operated, which was vacant as of early 2024, is a protected structure. History The hospital was first established ...

, a hospital in Dublin founded in 1832, and gaining royal patronage in 1900 *

Royal Hospital, Donnybrook The Royal Hospital, Donnybrook () is a hospital in Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1743. It was originally set up as a "hospital for incurables" to provide sufferers with food, shelter and relief from their distressing conditions. Histor ...

, a former hospital in Dublin, founded in 1743 as a hospital for incurables, then for venereal disease sufferers from 1792, and closed and demolished in 1949 *

Royal Hospital Kilmainham The Royal Hospital Kilmainham () in Kilmainham, Dublin, is a 17th-century former hospital and retirement home which is now mainly used to house the Irish Museum of Modern Art and as a concert and events venue. It is notable as being the first l ...

in Dublin, a 1684 built retirement home for soldiers, restored in 1984 as the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) *

Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital (also known as The Eye and Ear) () is a public teaching hospital in Dublin, Ireland. The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin was founded in 1895 and is the National Referral Centre for both Eye ...

, a specialist ophthalmology and otolaryngology teaching hospital in Dublin, founded in 1897

Australia

Melbourne

Sydney

Tasmania

Other

Canada

United Kingdom

England

Midlands

Northern England

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South West

South East

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=Sussex

=Other

East of England

=Cambridgeshire

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Aberdeen

Glasgow

Edinburgh

Other

Wales

Republic of Ireland

Dublin

See also