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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

📍 London

Community hospital · founded 1880 · non-profit foundation

About

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is a hospital located in Chelsea, London. The Hospital was built in 1993 and is operated by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.SERVICESThe Hospital runs a number of medical and surgical acute services, as well as outpatient facilities and a 24-hour A&E department. In addition to these services, which are primarily aimed at local residents and visitors, the hospital is a specialist tertiary referral centre for many services including HIV and Genitourinary Medicine, Burns and Bariatric Surgery.ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY (A&E)The Hospital has a 24-hour Accident and Emergency (A&E) department. The A&E entrance is to the right of the main hospital entrance and is clearly signposted. The Urgent Care Centre (UCC) is located within the A&E department.HIVThe Hospital is the largest specialist HIV unit in Europe. The department cares for more than 5,000 HIV patients annually and is widely recognised as an international centre of excellence in both the care of HIV-positive patients and a wide range of associated clinical research.

Legal name
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Governance
Board of directors · CEO appointed annually
Employees
2,500

Capacity

Total beds 500
ICU 40
NICU 10
PICU 7
OR theatres 16
Delivery rooms 5
ED bays 20
Cath labs 1

Annual volume

Admissions / yr 46,456
Outpatient 250,000
ED visits 40,000
Births 750
Surgeries 12,500

Emergency capabilities

  • Trauma centre — Level II
  • Stroke: Comprehensive Stroke Centre
  • Door-to-balloon: 56 min (AHA target ≤ 90)
  • Door-to-needle (stroke): 28 min

Subspecialty centres

Transplant programmes

  • Cornea

All departments

  • Internal Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Emergency

Quality metrics

MetricValueBenchmark
Risk-adjusted 30d mortality 4.1% EU avg 3.0%
HAI rate per 1000 patient-days 3.6 EU avg 1.8
30d readmission rate 24% EU avg 14%
Patient satisfaction (HCAHPS-like) -10% EU avg 76%

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Patient experience

Room categories
ward · semi-private · private
Meals
standard · halal · kosher · vegan · gluten-free · pediatric
Chaplaincy
Christian · Muslim · Jewish
Private bathroom
private + suite rooms
Wi-Fi
Free in all rooms

Awards & rankings

  • Top hospital — London

    EuroClinics Patient Choice · 2025

Services

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