Founding of Sick Children's Hospital

Date: February 14, 1852 • Location: Clerkenwell, United Kingdom

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

Great Ormond Street Hospital is a children's hospital in the London Borough of Camden, and a part of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital is situated between Great Ormond Street and Guilford Street, just inside Holborn's traditional boundary with Bloomsbury.