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Bethlem Royal Hospital
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Bethlem Royal Hospital is located in London Borough of Bromley
Bethlem Royal Hospital
Shown in Bromley
Geography
LocationMonks Orchard Road, Beckenham, London, England
Organisation
Care systemNational Health Service
TypeSpecialist
Services
Emergency departmentAdmissions through A&E
BedsApprox 350
SpecialityPsychiatric hospital
History
Opened1247 as priory
1330 as hospital
Links
Websiteslam.nhs.uk/bethlem-royal-hospital
ListsHospitals in England

Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as St. Mary Bethlehem, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, is a psychiatric hospital in Bromley, London. Its famous history has inspired several horror books, films, and TV series, most notably Bedlam, a 1946 film with Boris Karloff.

The hospital is part of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. It is closely associated with King's College London and, in partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, is a major centre for psychiatric research. It is part of the King's Health Partners academic health science centre and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health.

Founded in 1247, the hospital was originally near Bishopsgate just outside the walls of the City of London. It moved a short distance to Moorfields in 1676, and then to St George's Fields in Southwark in 1815, before moving to its current location in Monks Orchard in 1930.

The word "bedlam", meaning uproar and confusion, is derived from the hospital's nickname. Although the hospital became a modern psychiatric facility, historically it was representative of the worst excesses of asylums in the era of lunacy reform.

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