The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, in Putney in southwest London, is an independent medical charity, which undertakes research and provides specialist services to meet the needs of people with complex neurological disabilities resulting from damage to the brain or other parts of the nervous system. This damage is often caused by traffic accidents and illnesses. The hospital provides long-term residential care to the many of its patients. Putney is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7. ... Comparative brain sizes In the anatomy of animals, the brain, or encephalon (Greek for in the head), is the higher, supervisory center of the nervous system. ... The nervous system of an animal coordinates the activity of the muscles, monitors the organs, constructs and processes input from the senses, and initiates actions. ... A car accident in Yate, near Bristol, England, in July 2004. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ...

History

The Royal Hospital was established in July 1854 at a meeting held at the Mansion House, chaired by the Lord Mayor of London. The founder, Andrew Reed, had a record as a practical philanthropist, and responded to a plea from the author Charles Dickens to: Mansion House is the name applied to the official residences of the Lords Mayor of Dublin and London. ... Michael Berry Savory. ... A philanthropist is someone who devotes his time, money, or effort towards helping others. ... Dickens was a prolific writer who was almost always working on a new installment for a story and rarely missed a deadline. ...

"give permanent relief to such persons as are hopelessly disqualified for the duties of life," but "not to interfere with the endeavours of existing charities, but to take action precisely where their action ceased."

The Royal Hospital was originally called the Hospital for Incurables and was based in a converted workhouse in Carshalton, Surrey. In 1857, a more spacious house was leased in Putney, and finally in 1865, patients were moved to the hospital's present site on West Hill, Putney. In 1919, the organisation received its Royal Charter, becoming the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables. The Poor Law was the system for the provision of social security in operation in England and the United Kingdom from the 16th century until the establishment of the Welfare State in the 20th century. ... Carshalton is a place in the London Borough of Sutton. ... Putney is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth. ... A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ...

The building on West Hill in Putney had originally been a hunting lodge (Melrose Lodge) and was purchased with 24 acres of land, on which, until the 1960s, the hospital operated a working farm. Much of the land has now been developed, but the Royal Hospital retains spacious landscaped gardens for the use of patients, relatives and staff. These grounds are also used to hold concerts, fundraising receptions and host a local primary school's annual Sports Day.

In 1988 the hospital changed its name to the Royal Hospital and Home, Putney. Because this name did not make it obvious what work was carried out, in 1995 the name was changed to the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability.

External link

Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability web site