United Hospitals
United Hospitals is the historical collective name of the medical schools of London. They are all part of the University of London with the exception of Imperial College School of Medicine which left in 2007. The original United Hospitals referred to Guy's Hospital and St Thomas's Hospital and their relationship prior to 1769. Since then the name has been adopted by the London medical schools.
In addition to inter-collegiate UL competitions, which include all UL colleges, the United Hospitals are engaged in an active series of sporting, and even comedy events against each other, and also at times as a united team.
Members
The current United Hospitals are:Medical School | University | Teaching Hospitals |
King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry | King's College London | Guy's HospitalKing's College HospitalSt Thomas's Hospital |
Imperial College School of Medicine | Imperial College London | Charing Cross HospitalChelsea and Westminster HospitalSt Mary's Hospital, LondonHammersmith Hospital |
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry | Queen Mary University of London | St Bartholomew's HospitalRoyal London HospitalNewham University HospitalWhipps Cross University HospitalMile End HospitalHomerton University Hospital |
UCL Medical School | University College London | University College HospitalThe Royal Free HospitalThe Whittington Hospital |
St George's, University of London | St George's, University of London | St George's HospitalSt Helier HospitalEpsom HospitalKingston Hospital |
Medical Student Newspaper is also distributed to the five members, with the editorial team being made up of students from each school. For the purposes of sporting events, the Royal Veterinary College is included in the United Hospitals, as was - until the demise of both hospital and school in the early 1980s - the Royal Dental Hospital School of Dentistry. The five members also contribute to the Saving Londoners' Lives project, sending medical students to deliver emergency life support skills training in schools.
The original 13 United Hospitals of London were:
MedGroup
MedGroup is the collective body of Students' Union presidents and British Medical Association representatives from each of the five member medical schools. Monthly meetings ensure common workings and sharing of best-practice within the student bodies.Sports
Combined Teams
- United Hospitals RFC
- United Hospitals Athletics Club
- United Hospitals Cricket Club
- United Hospitals Football Club
- United Hospitals Hockey Club
- United Hospitals Lawn Tennis Club