Royal London Hospital

The Royal London Hospital, formerly the London Hospital, is a hospital in Whitechapel, London. Joseph Merrick, known as the "Elephant Man", spent the last few years of life there and his bones are kept at the hospital.

It is the base for the HEMS helicopter ambulance service, operating out of a specially rebuilt roof area.

The medical college at the hospital, the first in England and Wales, was founded in 1785. It amalgamated in 1995 with that of Barts, under the aegis of Queen Mary, University of London, to become Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry.

External links

• Barts and The London NHS Trust
• Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry
• HEMS air ambulance service