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Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.It is located on the outskirts of King's Lynn, to the eastern edge of the town. The catchment area of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital covers the West Norfolk area, South Lincolnshire and Northern part of Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, an area of approximately 1500 km 2 and 250,000 people.
A check on 1,021 women attending maternity at Queen’s hospital in 2017 found that 11 were not entitled to free NHS treatment and each was billed £6,500. [24] The trust issued invoices to patients thought to be ineligible for NHS treatment totalling £2.3 million in 2018-9, but only collected £0.6 million.
Kings County Hospital was born of necessity, dedicated to caring for the underprivileged of Brooklyn. In 1824, New York State established a law requiring several counties, including the County of Kings (Brooklyn), to purchase lands to be used exclusively to house the poor, deferring all potential real estate taxes which could be levied on the land.
A meeting on 13 October 1833 in King's Lynn of local gentry, chaired by MP Sir W. H. B. Ffolkes, led to the hospital's construction and opening in 1835 at a cost of more than £2,000. [1] An 1845 guide to the area described it as a "spacious and handsome building of white brick" which had accommodations for about 40 patients; the Marquess of ...
The hospital's Day Surgery building King's College Hospital, entrance to the Guthrie Clinic. Following the creation of the National Health Service in 1948, the hospital was granted Teaching Hospital status. In 1974 the NHS re-organisation saw King's become the centre for all health services management in its catchment area.
[1] [2] It comprises King's College London, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. [ 3 ] King's Health Partners' member organisations have a combined annual turnover of around £3.7 billion, treat over 4.8 million patients each year, employ ...
St Margaret's Church. The construction of St Margaret's Church) in 1101 is the point at which King's Lynn first came into existence in terms of how it is now recognised. Commissioned by the Bishop of Norwich, Herbert de Losinga, at the request of the townspeople 'in honour of the Holy Mary Magdalene and St Margaret and all holy virgins', the church is one of the town's most dominating landmar
King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, [2] is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is 36 miles (58 km) north-east of Peterborough , 44 miles (71 km) north-north-east of Cambridge and 44 miles (71 km) west of Norwich .