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Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital QEMH WoolwichInformation and the history of the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital QEMH Woolwich The Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital (QEMH) was located at Stadium Road in Woolwich. It was built on the land that formerly housed the Shrapnel Barracks, a veterinary hospital and stables for army horses. The QEMH was built to replace the QAMH Millbank and the nearby Royal Herbert Hospital on Shooters Hill which was falling into disrepair being build over 100 years earlier. The QEMH took five years to build at an estimated cost of £16 million. The foundation stone was laid in 1972. The military hospital was named after Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. She officially opened the army hospital on the 1 November 1978, though the hospital had been up and running since 1977. The QEMH was a 400 bed capacity hospital. Help Needed: Qaranc.co.uk would like to add a page about the QA lanyard but need some help. Can anyone please help with a photo of the lanyard on the uniform and a photo of just the lanyard? It would also be helpful if anyone can give some tips on how to site and fit the lanyard. Please use the e-mail address on the contact page. Thank you! Sisters In Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story Sisters In Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story  by Nicola Tyrer is an account of the QAs during the two World Wars. It includes first hand accounts of the Queen Alexandra nurses who were in the dressing stations, casualty clearing stations and field hospitals of Dunkirk, D Day, the fall of Singapore and many more locations where the QAIMNS served.
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View More British Army Nursing Books - with free delivery available. Though the QEMH was operational since 1977 the accommodation for the QARANC was not completed for some time and QAs were accommodated across Woolwich Common in the Royal Academy buildings. The Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital was predominately a military hospital for the care and treatment of soldiers and their families. However the hospital also treated National Health Service (NHS) patients from the local community such as those living in Woolwich, Bexleyheath, Eltham, etc. The nearest NHS hospital at the time was in Greenwich. The QEMH also treated Chelsea Pensioners and Far East Prisoner Of War Survivors (FEPOW). The hospital was large with several medical and general surgical wards as well as orthopaedic, psychiatric and rehabilitation wards. There was a paediatric department and ward in the early years but this had closed by the 1980s and forces children were treated at the twin teaching hospital of the Cambridge Military Hospital in Aldershot. Though the QEMH had no active emergency or casualty department there was a large intensive care unit and several operating theatres. There was also a burns unit and oncology ward. The QEMH had a large outpatients department which included a sexual health clinic. Other departments included X-ray, cardiac rehab, pathology and full laboratory facilities. Army School Of NursingIn conjunction with the CMH the QEMH had a school of nursing and trained 100s of student and pupil nurses each year. Most QARANC nurses at the time will have been posted and trained at the QEMH either as a student or undergoing post qualification training as a staff or enrolled nurse. The hospital was self contained for the army personnel with accommodation for single junior ranks, sergeants and officers messes location at the rear of the hospital. The hospital had its own NAAFI (Naval Army and Air Force Institute), coffee shop, Red Cross facilities and canteens. Married personnel such as doctors, nurses, radiographers, etc had housing in nearby houses and flats which included the many floored Alanbrooke House. Noel Edmonds Hospital Visit On the 21 July 1980 Noel Edmonds made a hospital visit to ward 4 of the QEMH to see Captain Trudy Furness. She was a big fan of Noel Edmonds and his visit was arranged during her stay on the ward as a patient. The book Sub Cruce Candida: A Celebration of One Hundred Years of Army Nursing  has a photo of Noel Edmonds hospital visit along with QAs Capt Furness and the ward manager Major Finlay. The Assistant Matron Major Clements is also in the photograph.
Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital Closed The Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital was closed on the 29 September 1995 as part of the defence cuts and rationalisation of a more mobile Army Medical Services. The QEMH was rebuilt and became The Queen Elizabeth Hospital which now serves the locals of Woolwich, London. It is part of the Greenwich Healthcare Trust. The last Matron of the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital was Colonel M M Slattery RRC. The last Commanding Officer of the QEMH, Brigadier Guy Radcliffe L/RAMC, handed over the key to the hospital to Mr David Astley the Chief Executive of the Greenwich Healthcare Trust in a ceremonial handing over of the keys on the 27 Sep 95. The Union Fag was lowered and the Last Post was sounded. A final company photograph of the staff of QEMH Woolwich was taken and appeared in Vol 11 No 2 of The Gazette of the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Association. If you have a copy of the photo that we could use on this page then please contact qaranc.co.uk QEMH Ghost Sightings Unusually for a modern hospital the QEMH has had many ghost sightings. So many that I've had to put them on a separate page. Read about them, if you dare(!) on the hospital ghosts page. If you have experienced any supernatural activities then feel free to e-mail me details. A British Army Nurse In the Korean War A newly published book about the QARANC is 
A British Army Nurse In the Korean War
by Elizabeth Jilly McNair. QA Sister McNair saw active service in Korea and Japan and this book is based on her letters home and photographs she took during her 18 months
spent nursing at the British Commonwealth General Hospital in Kure, Japan and the British Commonwealth Zone Medical Unit in Seoul, Korea.
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