Show accessibility tools About us Work with us News Contact us Patients and visitors Our hospitals Our services Professionals Research UCLH Charity Vision, values and objectives HomeAbout usWhat we doVision, values and objectives In this section UCLH strategic and annual objectives 2021/22 1. Provide highest quality care within our resources and increase our focus on safety 2. Become a world class academic research hospital embedding research throughout the organisation and all disciplines 3. Operational excellence through our Electronic Health Record and optimised processes 4. Develop all our diverse staff to deliver their potential and foster talent 5. Improve financial sustainability of UCLH and the wider health economy Look who values our values Follow us on: Contact us Media and communications Support our Charity UCLPartners Terms & conditions Become a member Call 111 Accessibility Cookies & privacy

Show accessibility tools About us Work with us News Contact us Patients and visitors Our hospitals Our services Professionals Research UCLH Charity 1700 - 1799 HomeAbout usWho we areOur history1700 - 1799 In this section UCLH timeline 1700 - 1799 1800 - 1899 1900 - 1999 2000 - present Timeline 1700 - 1799 1745 - Foundation of the Middlesex Infirmary The Middlesex Infirmary, 'for the sick and lame of Soho', was established in Windmill Street, off what is now Tottenham Court Road (described at the time as 'the road from St. Giles Church to Hampstead'). Subscribers to The Middlesex Hospital of at least three guineas per year became Governors of the Hospital and this earned them the right not only to make decisions about the hospital but also to recommend patients. Apart from emergency cases, patients were not admitted to the hospital without a recommendation from a governor. A single payment of 21 guineas entitled a person to become a Life Governor of the Hospital. Drawing of the original Middlesex Hospital on Windmill Street, 1840 1755 - Foundation stone is laid for the new Middlesex Hospital building The foundation stone was laid by the President of the Hospital, the Earl of Northumberland, in the area that was then known as Marylebone Fields. The Earl of Northumberland 1792 - Establishment of the first wards at The Middlesex Hospital for cancer patients The wards were founded with money donated anonymously by Samuel Whitbread. The identity of the donor was made public when he died in 1796. Samual Whitbread 1792 - Two wards set aside in The Middlesex Hospital for émigré French clergy An application had been made to the Hospital authorities for room to be found for sick French clergy, who were refugees from the upheaval as a result of the French Revolution. Some months later, the invitation was extended to sick lay émigrés as well. Governors’ minutes reporting Whitbread’s donation Timeline links UCLH timeline 1700 - 1799 1800 - 1899 1900 - 1999 2000 - present Follow us on: Contact us Media and communications Support our Charity UCLPartners Terms & conditions Become a member Call 111 Accessibility Cookies & privacy