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	Hammersmith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in London, approximately 5 miles (8km) west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames.
		The extension of the Metropolitan Railway to Hammersmith from Paddington in 1864, followed by the District Line in 1874, began a period of considerable expansion and the second half of the 19th century saw a huge increase in population from 10,000 in 1801 to 250,000 in 1901.
		Hammersmith's office activity takes place mainly to the eastern side of its centre, along Hammersmith Road and in the Ark, an architecturally-unique office complex to the south of the flyover which traverses the area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hammersmith (1156 words)

	Hammersmith Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is associated with the Imperial College medical faculty and the Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust.
		Confusingly the hospital is in East Acton rather than Hammersmith.
		Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hammersmith_Hospital (65 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| 24 hour heart service saves lives
		Hammersmith Hospitals in London operates the 24-hour service unblocking the arteries of heart-attack patients.
		The average time from a patient arriving at hospital to reperfusion - the point at which blood flow returns to the heart muscle - is 84 minutes.
		While over 81% of patients across England receive these drugs within 30 minutes of arriving in hospital, the Hammersmith researchers say they are only effective in 50% to 60% of cases, compared to a 95% success rate for the angioplasty scheme.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/health/4079187.stm (676 words)

	Hammersmith Hospital Site Summary Information
		Hammersmith Hospital is internationally renowned for clinical research.
		Its clinical reputation was built on the treatment of medical conditions notably of the heart and kidney, and now includes a cancer centre and a new leukaemia wing.
		There is a council run car park at the back of the hospital open to public or metered parking on Du Cane and surrounding roads.
	www.nhs.uk /England/Hospitals/ShowHospital.aspx?id=RQN02 (230 words)

	Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre - About the CSC The Clinical Sciences Centre (CSC) Hammersmith ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hammersmith Hospital, formerly the Royal Postgraduate Medical School (RPMS), is the major clinical research campus of Imperial College.
		Hammersmith Hospital is the only true academic hospital in the UK and is recognised internationally as one of the world's leading clinical research institutions.
		Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust (HHT) — Chief Executive, Derek Smith — includes the Hammersmith, Charing Cross and Queen Charlotte's Hospitals and receives the largest single tranche (£42 million per annum) of the UK NHS Research and Development budget.
	www.csc.mrc.ac.uk /AboutTheCSC/TheCSC/TheCSCHammersmithNHSTrust.html (358 words)

	Hammersmith Research - About us
		Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest Trusts in the UK, providing comprehensive secondary care services for the local population (excepting psychiatry), specialised services for West London and comprehensive tertiary referral services, a number of which are at supra-regional level.
		Whereas other hospitals are primarily NHS institutions offering facilities to associated medical schools for teaching and research, clinical research at the Hammersmith is an overwhelming priority, and so closely integrated with clinical services that it influences service development patterns.
		Hammersmith was chosen as it is already home to a considerable concentration of imaging expertise and many of the worlds leading experts in imaging technology.
	www.hammersmithresearch.com /AboutUsArticle.php?DocID=53 (519 words)

	New heart attack treatment 'better and cheaper for patients, 'primary angioplasty' service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Patients who have suffered a heart attack in west London are diverted to Hammersmith Hospital where they are fast-tracked to receive an angioplasty - a procedure that involves passing a catheter into the heart to reopen blood vessels that are blocked.
		Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust is one of seven pilot centres in the UK trialling the service, and has been in operation since October 2003.
		Patients who arrive in the casualty departments of the participating local hospitals are also transferred by the ambulance service immediately to the specialist centre, and return to their referring hospital after they have received their angioplasty.
	www.pharma-lexicon.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=25162 (969 words)

	EMC News Release: EMC helps Hammersmith Hospitals improve information management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust has moved from a direct attached storage (DAS) environment and implemented an EMC storage area network (SAN) to manage its 50 per cent annual information growth and increase information availability and resilience.
		Hammersmith Hospitals was running a DAS environment but required a more robust and stable solution to support 24-hour service.
		The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, based in North West London was formed in April 1994 and is made up of the following hospitals: Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital and Ravenscourt Park Hospital.
	www.emc.com /local/en/GB/news/press_releases/view.jsp?id=3275&printtest123=PRINTABLE (622 words)

	Heart palpitations send Blair to hospital - The Boston Globe
		Blair, 50, was taken to London's Hammersmith hospital, treated, and released after five hours, his office said.
		The hospital says this is a relatively common condition and is easily treated," it said.
		He was spending the weekend at Chequers, the official rural retreat for prime ministers, when he became ill. He initially was taken to a local hospital, but then went to Hammersmith, which has a coronary care unit.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2003/10/20/heart_palpitations_send_blair_to_hospital (580 words)

	GE Healthcare - Press Release - PACS at the Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust
		The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, based in northwest London, was formed in April 1994 and is made up of Hammersmith Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital, Queen Charlotte's Hospital and Ravenscourt Park Hospital.
		Each of the hospitals within the Trust has its own claim to fame: Hammersmith is a postgraduate teaching hospital, famous for its research achievements, Charing Cross is an undergraduate teaching hospital, Queen Charlotte's is renowned for its maternity and women's and children's services and Ravenscourt Park operates as a centre for elective orthopedic surgery.
		Commenting on the advantages, the Clinical Director of Imaging at the Hammersmith Hospitals Trust, Professor Philip Gishen said, "I am an unashamed enthusiast for PACS, which I believe enables all radiology images to be available to radiologists and clinicians at all times and thereby greatly enhances patient care.
	www.gehealthcare.com /uken/highlight/pacs_hammersmith.html (208 words)

	History of Hammersmith, Shepherd's Bush, Fulham
		As a result, the second half of the nineteenth century saw a huge increase in population, from 10,000 in 1801 to 250,000 in 1901.
		The exhibition site later became the White City Estate, the borough´s largest housing estate and the stadium was acquired by the BBC for the first phase in their new headquarters, completed in 1990.
		Hammersmith and Fulham had been separate boroughs until they were merged in 1965 following the London Government Act.
	www.myhammersmith.co.uk /hammersmith&shepherdsbush/community-history.htm (499 words)

	UK Hospitals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust - Charing Cross is an undergraduate teaching hospital and Hammersmith is a postgraduate hospital.
		University College London Hospitals NHS Trust - This Trust consists of 6 London hospitals: The Middlesex Hospital, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, The National Hospital, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, University College Hospital, Eastman Dental Hospital.
		The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery - NHS hospital in Liverpool.
	www.ability.org.uk /uk_hospitals.html (868 words)

	New drugs prevent scarring after glaucoma eye surgery
		The group includes scientists and clinicians from Imperial College London at Hammersmith Hospital, the Institute of Ophthalmology at University College London, Moorfields Eye Hospital, and The School of Pharmacy, University of London.
		Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, based in north west London, comprises Hammersmith, Charing Cross, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Ravenscourt Park Hospitals.
		It is the oldest and largest specialist eye hospital in the world, and is one of the first NHS foundation Trusts.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-07/icos-ndp071604.php (682 words)

	eMJA: Kincaid-Smith, A clinician with a passion for pathology
		At that time Hammersmith Hospital was a leader in many fields, notably in cardiology, where McMichael and Sharply-Schafer had pioneered cardiac catheterisation and the Australian, Paul Wood, certainly one of the world's top clinical cardiologists, worked for a time.
		Hammersmith was frowned upon as "that hospital next to HMP Wormwood Scrubs, that hospital where they did all those experiments!".
		When I was finally able to get a photograph of one of the Swiss kidneys it was clearly different: the kidney was small and there was a moth-eaten appearance of the papillae, which presumably represented areas from which necrotic tissue had been lost (Box 2).
	www.mja.com.au /public/issues/173_11_041200/kincaid/kincaid.html (3011 words)

	The Fulham and Hammersmith Historical Society
		The hospital was bombed in WWII but continued until 1959 when bit by bit the old buildings were replaced by the new Charing Cross Hospital, which moved from WC2.
		Mrs Ash 'was born in the last summer of the 19th century in a small house in Fulham' and lived in Fulham until she was thirty-three.
		A new Hammersmith Workhouse, opened in 1905, was dubbed 'the Pauper's Paradise' by local newspapers on the grounds that the accommodation was too good.
	www.sff.net /people/chris.amies/fhhs/books.htm (444 words)

	CDC - High Rates of Tuberculosis in End-Stage Renal Failure: the Impact of International Migration
		We investigated the incidence of TB in patients referred for dialysis over a 5-year period (April 1, 1994, to March 31, 1999) to the Hammersmith Hospital, situated in an area of London that is home to many immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
		During the study period, the total dialysis population at the Hammersmith Hospital comprised 41% Caucasians, 40% Asians, 18% fl Caribbeans, and 1% from other parts of the world, including six from the Indian subcontinent, three from sub-Saharan Africa, and one from the Republic of Ireland.
		HIV infection is an infrequent cause of chronic renal failure among patients at the Hammersmith Hospital and was not a major influence on TB reactivation in this patient group.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/eid/vol8no1/01-0017.htm (1574 words)

	UK a global centre of excellence for clinical imaging (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Imperial's Hammersmith campus was selected for the new development as it is already home to a considerable concentration of imaging expertise and many of the world's leading experts in imaging technology.
		The Imaging Centre at the Hammersmith Hospital is the second major investment that GSK has made in new R&D facilities in the UK since the merger that formed the company in 2001.
		Celia Hensman, Chairman of the the Charity Trustees for Hammersmith Hospitals said: 'This research partnership is a wonderfully exciting development, and confirmation by Imperial College of the appointment of a contractor marks an important milestone in the development of our 'Burlington Danes site'.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=6596 (1494 words)

	Hammersmith Hospital NHS Trust & Others v Troup Bywaters and Anders
		June 1990 the Hospital was considering as an option for replacement, the possibility of an incinerator with heat recovery rather than a simple replacement of the boilers without any capacity for incineration.
		The report went on "If the hospital is initially looking to burn waste for 8 hours a day, two Corsairs 1000S may be better suited to match their charge rates." This was a reference to the fact that the Corsair 1250S would provide unnecessary additional capacity.
		January 1992 there was a Project Meeting at the Hammersmith Hospital attended by Mr Herbage, Mr Pym and Mr Wright for the SHA and Mr Vince and Mr McKenzie for TBA.
	www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk /judgmentsfiles/j386/hamtroup.htm (9909 words)

	Home - Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust : London Development Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust is one of over 600 NHS Trusts.
		The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, based in north west london was formed in April 1994 and is made up of the following hospitals:
		Charing Cross is an undergraduate teaching hospital and Hammersmith is a post graduate teaching hospital, famous for its research achievements.
	www.lda.gov.uk /server/show/ConWebDoc.1096 (109 words)

	Arthritis Research Campaign \| Focus on Hammersmith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Researchers at Imperial College 's rheumatology section at Hammersmith Hospital are committed to unravelling the complex origins of lupus, hoping that greater knowledge will lead to more effective treatment.
		As well as housing major research centres, the Hammersmith and the nearby Charing Cross Hospital in Fulham, both part of the same NHS trust, cover a substantial part of the population of west London.
		The emergence of new drugs such as mycophenolate (first used as an anti-rejection drug for organ transplant patients), and the B-cell drug rituximab (used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and due to be licensed for rheumatoid arthritis next year) are much needed, and offer hope to patients with severe disease.
	www.arc.org.uk /newsviews/arctdy/130/focus_ham.htm (976 words)

	SpinWatch - Showpiece hospital faces axe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Consultants at both hospitals were told of the plans last week, but were warned by their chief executive that it would be officially denied if the plans emerged in the run-up to polling day.
		It is part of the Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, which has run into debt as a result of attempts to attract many more surgical patients.
		It is even rumoured that Wormwood Scrubs prison, which occupies a large piece of ground alongside the Hammersmith hospital, may be sold off by the Home Office and that the Victorian building would be rebuilt to accommodate most of the Charing Cross wards and departments.
	www.spinwatch.org /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=730 (1332 words)

	UK Imaging Jobs, Pathology Jobs, Radiotherapy Jobs, Pharmacy Jobs, Therapy Jobs - Hammersmith Hospitals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A 'Pay and Display' car park system is operated at sites within the Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust for visitors and patients parking in the designated areas.
		Chelsea & Westminster Hospital is part of the 'Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust'.
		However, the Pathology Department at Chelsea & Westminster is run by the Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust and therefore the recruitment for this department is covered by the Recruitment Services at Charing Cross hospital.
	www.healthjobfinder.com /location.html (463 words)

	IVF Hammersmith
		Some PCTs do fund IVF, but have a preferred hospital that they like to use which limits patients to using that hospital as a funded NHS patient or going to a hospital of their choice and having to pay privately.
		Where Primary Care Trusts do fund IVF at the Hammersmith, they often ask that the initial investigations be undertaken at a local hospital first before patients are sent to us as tertiary referrals (these are referrals made by one hospital consultant to another).
		The Hammersmith unit is unusual in having a senior specialised anaesthetist also present for all operative procedures.
	www.ivfhammersmith.com /gettingreferred.htm (1342 words)

	Building Design News - Socomec Sicon modular uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) 12-pulse, double conversion
		Hammersmith Trust to undertake a risk assessment of each of its sites and implement essential upgrade works to meet the expanding and critical demand of its IT infrastructure.
		The Hammersmith Hospital NHS Trust’s IT backbone system comprises of a large IT room with several secondary communications rooms, strategically located around three other sites located in West London.
		UPS systems are a minefield to the uninitiated and due to the hospital’s critical function, it is imperative that they are selected correctly and designed into the electrical infrastructure to provide maximum capacity and resilience at all times.
	www.buildingdesign.co.uk /elec-news/Socomec/ups2.htm (463 words)

	£76 million research centre to make the UK a global centre of excellence for clinical imaging
		The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust receives £47 million a year from the NHS to support clinical research.
		Hammersmith Hospital has a singular role in British academic medicine and is fundamentally different from any other general teaching or research hospital in that clinical research is so extensively integrated with clinical services that it influences service development.
		The Clinical Sciences Centre at the Hammersmith campus of Imperial College is one of three core-funded Research Institutes supported by the MRC.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2004-03/icos-mr031604.php (1508 words)

	Tony Blair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The government introduced the Foundation Hospitals scheme to allow NHS hospitals financial autonomy, although the eventual shape of the proposals, after an internal struggle with Gordon Brown, allowed for somewhat less freedom than Blair had wished.
		Many healthcare trusts established under the foundation hospitals scheme are now in severe financial difficulties, having spent large proportions of their funding increases on pay rises for staff and on expensive drugs.
		Blair underwent a catheter ablation to correct his irregular heartbeat on 1 October 2004, having announced the procedure the day before in a series of interviews in which he also declared that he would seek a third term but not a fourth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Blair (9565 words)

	Imperial College London - Bokharan Doctors Visit Hammersmith Hospital in Healthcare Exchange
		They have been based at All Saints' Hospital, Chatham but are visiting Hammersmith Hospital to see work in a teaching hospital.
		They will be visiting the Neonatal Unit, the library and participating on a ward round at the Hammersmith and the Centre for Midwifery at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital.
		Dr Neena Modi, a Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Neonatal Paediatrics at Hammersmith Hospital, one of the UK hosts has been involved in field trips and participated in workshops in the FSU.
	www.ic.ac.uk /P1815.htm (444 words)

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