Lister Hospital, Chelsea

The Lister Hospital in Chelsea is a private hospital in Chelsea Bridge Road, London. It is owned by the Hospital Corporation of America, the largest private operator of health care facilities in the world, and so is not part of the National Health Service.

Lister Hospital
Hospital Corporation of America
Lister Hospital
Location in Kensington and Chelsea
Geography
Location	Chelsea Bridge Road, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates	51.4863°N 0.1502°W / 51.4863; -0.1502
Organisation
Care system	Hospital Corporation of America
Services
Beds	63
History
Opened	1985
Links
Website	www.thelisterhospital.com
Lists	Hospitals in England

History

Opened in 1985,^[1] the hospital occupies the former premises of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine; both were named in honour of Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, a British surgeon considered to be the pioneer of aseptic surgery.^[1] It has 57 beds in inpatient wards on three floors and a six-bedded Critical Care Unit and specialises in orthopaedics, gynaecology, dermatology, gastroenterology, ophthalmology and plastic surgery, and also runs a fertility clinic.^[2] It generates revenue per bed of circa £1 million a year.^[3]

Services

Medical cannabis is available at the hospital in a clinic operated by Mamedica.^[4]