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Now part of the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (SLaM) the hospital derives its origins from 1907, when Dr Henry Maudsley offered London County Council £30,000 (subsequently increased to £40,000) to help found a new mental hospital that would 1) be exclusively for early and acute cases, 2) have an out-patients' clinic, 3) provide for teaching and research. World War I intervened and the Hospital was not actually opened until 1923, but it is notable that a specific Act of Parliament had to be obtained (1915) to allow the institution to accept voluntary patients. The Maudsley today continues to offer in-patient and community mental health care to local people in Southwark and Lambeth and nationally across the UK. Sharing a site with the Institute Of Psychiatry at King's College London it is also a major contributor to both psychiatric research and the training of nursing, medical and psychology staff in psychiatry. As part of SLaM it also enjoys close links with Bethlem Royal Hospital - the original "Bedlam". EXTERNAL LINKS |
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